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Google’s MyTracks app to Provide Real-Time Tour de France Data
13July 2, 2010
I’ll get to the headline news in just a moment, but first an announcement on Google’s MyTracks Android app:
Very soon, Google’s MyTracks sports tracking application will be updated to support both ANT+ and Bluetooth devices, making MyTracks one of the most versatile apps in its category.
Back to the headline… Exciting news surrounding Tour de France coverage! Google and High Road Sports have entered a collaboration, together with partnerships from HTC and SRM, to bring spectators of the Tour de France closer than ever seen before.
High Road Sports announces a new technology and marketing collaboration with Google Inc., supported by partners HTC and SRM, that brings a worldwide audience further inside the experience of racing in the Tour de France.
Fans and viewers will be able to follow Team HTC-Columbia riders in real time with speed, heart rate, power output and other data provided by SRM, More >
Apps, Hardware and Services That I’m Looking at Now.
15June 21, 2010
UPDATED: February 9, 2011
This post will continue to receive updates as the Android ecosystem changes often. Please read my review of Zephyr’s HxM Bluetooth heart rate monitor.
Features to look for in a sports tracker
- Easy access to data during your workouts. Pace, distance, time and heart rate should be easy to read on a single screen.
- Map access during outdoor workouts. Preferably, maps should cache to SDcard to save on data costs. The latest Google Maps affords limited caching now, which most sports tracker apps use. A couple others incorporate offline maps from a variety of map sources.
- Wireless sensor compatibility for data such as heart rate, breath rate, temperature, blood pressure and so on. The only wireless standard presently compatible with available Android handsets is Bluetooth. You’ll need to be running Android 2.1 and higher, as well. The field of available Bluetooth
Zephyr’s HxM Bluetooth Heart Rate Monitor -Review
89June 1, 2010
ANNOUNCEMENT: Share your HxM experiences and get answers to questions in our new RunningDigital Forums
I’ve been an advocate and constant user of heart rate monitors (hrm) since my first Polar in 1991. Back then, use of these systems were mostly isolated to professional athletes and University sports programs. Today, heart rate monitors are used by millions of people for a variety of reasons. When used properly, every aspect of your training can become more effective; From progress, to recovery and even safety.
Polar Electronics was first to popularize personal heart monitors with a simple chest-strap/wristwatch combination. Over the past 20 years that user-experience hasn’t changed much. Of course today’s models are far more capable and sophisticated than those of the past, but as more and more monitoring data got stuffed into our wristwatch computers, the learning-curve to use those
Good-bye Nokia, Hello Android!
6May 21, 2010
It comes as no surprise to those who know me that I’ve been a Nokia/Symbian fan since the 90′s. Every mobile I’ve owned, save for my first in a 1991 Fujitsu, has been Nokia. Over the years that meant I had a lot of “firsts”; 1st mobile browser, 1st camera, 1st multi-band, 1st BT earbud, 1st to load a 3rd-party app, 1st to use my mobile for music and video, 1st to make VoIP calls… All of this before any iPhone was even rumored.
Oh, the iPhone. In the year leading up to Apple’s iPhone launch, all those who knew me as “that Nokia dude” asked me if I was going to get one and what my thoughts on it were. Made sense, I’ve also remained a Mac user over the years. Well, armed with knowledge from a vast community of ardent Nokia/Symbian loyalists, I knew better. My answer always politely More >
Sports Tracker NEWS
17April 14, 2010
A new version of Sports Tracker became available today in the Ovi Store for S60 touch-screen mobiles. Soon after the app was added to the store I received a call from Jussi Kaasinen, one of the developer/owners of Sports Tracking Technologies Ltd (STT for short on my blog) I was informed of the new release and asked to share some details of our conversation as official Sports Tracker news. There aren’t volumes of information to report, nevertheless its great to hear from our friends after such a long winter of silence.
Beginning with platform support, Jussi said that in addition to today’s release we should expect new versions for all S60 mobiles in the coming weeks. He says, “We are now giving all necessary attention and support to S60, as there are millions of existing users out there to More >
