http://www.cherryflava.com/cherryflava/2008/03/the-future-of-exercise.html Trends and Innovation Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:57:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.cherryflava.com/cherryflava/2008/03/the-future-of-exercise.html/comment-page-1#comment-639 Ron Bach Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:31:30 +0000 http://www.cherryflava.dreamhosters.com/?p=505#comment-639 Nokia have gone the location based exercise route with their Sports Tracker. Released by Nokia Beta Labs towards the end of last year its a GPS based activity tracker so while you're out enjoying a run/walk/cycle, your phone records all your workout stats - such as speed, time, distance and even altitude. Your route is saved in a workout diary for future reference and comparison and can be exported to Google Earth to plot your route on a map. It currently only works on S60 smartphones with integrated GPS (like my 6110 Navigator) or a Bluetooth GPS device but it won't be long before similar apps will start appearing on Google Mobile Maps and other non GPS location based sites. Its a very interesting space to watch on the mobile landscape... Nokia have gone the location based exercise route with their Sports Tracker. Released by Nokia Beta Labs towards the end of last year its a GPS based activity tracker so while you’re out enjoying a run/walk/cycle, your phone records all your workout stats – such as speed, time, distance and even altitude. Your route is saved in a workout diary for future reference and comparison and can be exported to Google Earth to plot your route on a map.
It currently only works on S60 smartphones with integrated GPS (like my 6110 Navigator) or a Bluetooth GPS device but it won’t be long before similar apps will start appearing on Google Mobile Maps and other non GPS location based sites.
Its a very interesting space to watch on the mobile landscape…

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