I have the Note 4 and Samsung Gear S. Both do exactly what they say on the tin.

Both link together really nicely with Samsung’s S Health app. But sadly Samsung’s S Health app at present does not reach out and sync with many other devices. This has not been an issue for me until the start of this week, when I went back to using the amazing myfitnesspal app.

None of my exercise or steps from the Note 4 or Gear S are getting synced into the myfitnesspal. Nor can I work out how to manually convert my amount of steps into MFP app. (If you have any ideas please let me know) And at present MFP have no plans to integrate their software with S Health.

So why am I somewhat annoyed over this situation. Well, my wife has the Fitbit Flex and it talks effortlessly to MFP on her iPhone and gains her bonus calorie points.

SO is the S Health solution the safe method. I wrote the above last night and just before I went to bed, Android Central (www.androidcentral.com) reported that Under Armour had bought Endomondo and MyFitnessPal for $85m and $475m respectively. This is something I always worry about. A company acquiring another competitor and either closing it down, changing it for the worse or enhancing it. Under Armour made a statement that these deals will supplement and expand upon the company’s own MapMyFitness and UA RECORD apps. How many apps or services have you seen purchased by another company that ended up dust!

Now if you recall HTC announced it had partnered with Under Armour. So is HTC going to be able to make some big strides into the fitness and wearable space at the expense of others?

Nobody is going to buy Samsung (it’s not impossible) so it could be safer to stick with them for longevity. But what will Under Armour decide going forward?

The fitness, health and wearable space is potentially big bucks. But who will come out ahead? Only time will tell but it could be interesting times ahead.