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Zephyr's OmniSense

Apps, Hardware and Services That I’m Looking at Now.

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June 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

  1. Easy access to data during your workouts. Pace, distance, time and heart rate should be easy to read on a single screen.
  2. 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.
  3. 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

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HRM -1

Zephyr’s HxM Bluetooth Heart Rate Monitor -Review

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June 1, 2010

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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

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Good-bye Nokia, Hello Android!

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May 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 >

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