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When I step on my scale, it tells me if I need to carry an umbrella today (based on the weather forecast it downloaded). Then it sends my weight etc. to my iPhone where it's merged with information from my fitness wristband and my diet tracker. Based on that, I get suggestions like "you've been going to bed a little later than usual. You should catch up." or "drink more water today" or "try to walk this much further than you did yesterday".

I think that's not so shabby.

Not too shabby, but now you're not the only one who knows you've been losing weight. Could be the exercise.... could be the heroin since you've been tracked running by the local crack house you didn't know was there on a regular basis. They've determined you'll be extra tired Tuesday morning, so they bust down your door at 4am. You hear them yell police and make your way towards the living room with your hands up. Unfortunately the local water supply company has overshipped your cases of water because of "drink more" notifications, the cops mistakenly see their own reflection with their guns on the bottles thinking you're armed and proceed to fill you full of lead.
You're dead- welcome to the internet of things.

When I step on my scale, it tells me if I need to carry an umbrella today (based on the weather forecast it downloaded). Then it sends my weight etc. to my iPhone where it's merged with information from my fitness wristband and my diet tracker. Based on that, I get suggestions like "you've been going to bed a little later than usual. You should catch up." or "drink more water today" or "try to walk this much further than you did yesterday".

I think that's not so shabby.

You have sidestepped the question. Why do you need any of this data to be "in the cloud"???

Why all the insistence by so many companies that your data be stored "in the cloud" when for most people, there is no good reason for it?

But if you STILL think that's what you need, and have an iOS device, take a look at the Jawbone UP.

http://www.jawbone.com/ it uses the vibrations in your skull from speaking to do noise cancellation.

I have the same problem with a Jabra BT200 and my new Jawbone. The Jabra works well on my Nokia 6230 and the Jawbone works brilliantly. On my MacBook Pro however, both cause bad crackling and latency. Disabling Airport doesn't help.

Jawbone's FAQ says "Right now, we're not supporting PC or MAC Bluetooth compatibility due to the large variability in the performance of computer Bluetooth systems.". That doesn't sound good.

It's totally useless so I'm just using the built in mike with headphones. Vastly superior sound quality than both headsets and no lag. I'm really hoping that Leopard has some magic fix for this.

There's already something similar on the market (no bluetooth though).

Now if only they would ship to Europe...