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Nokia Sports Tracker Update: Sports Tracking Technologies
Posted by David Hroncheck in running on 2009/10/21
I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to bring news to the Nokia Sports Tracker Beta migration to Sports Tracking Technologies issue!
I received a surprise phone call two days ago from Jussi Kaasinen, one of the two-person core team of developers responsible for bringing the Nokia Sports Tracker Beta project to us since March of 2007. Together with the other half of that team, Ykä Huhtala, they founded their own company named Sports Tracking Technologies back in June of this year. Jussi told me that his call was partly in response to my earlier post and partly just to touch base with a long-standing user of the service.
Jussi wanted me to let everyone know that the Sports Tracking Technologies (STT) incarnation is very much alive and kicking, and that they have appreciated the huge volumes of suggestions and feedback that continually flood their inboxes every day. He also apologized for the “quietness” throughout the exhausting process of migrating from Nokia. STT is slightly larger now than the original two-person core team, but their available resources have been especially limited due to complicated intellectual property issues; Jussi said, “You wouldn’t believe the amount of diligent individuals it has taken to make this transfer the amicable success that it is!.” Our conversation lasted for about a half hour.
I will not be able to make any major announcements on their behalf today, sorry. What I can tell you is that STT are working around the clock to ready a variety of feature enhancements and compatibility refinements for products and services which promise to remain wholly sports-centric. Jussi agreed with my opinion that the “Ovi Journeys: The Evolution of Sports Tracker” recent write-up is more of an evolution of the former “Vine” project than anything to do with the new STT. Nokia wil remain in the picture, solely and importantly (imo), as a client of STT.
One thing is clear: STT are passionate about their horizons and are committed to the development and integrity of the Sports Tracker service.
I will continue my dialogue with STT later this week, so stay tuned.
Track a Heart – Win a Nokia N79 Active
Posted by David Hroncheck in running on 2009/03/09
Nokia N79 Active
There’s not much time left remaining for the contest set up by the guys at the Nseries Innovation Newsdesk where the Grand Prize is a Nokia N79 Active phone bundle, which has been called a “healthy twist on Nokia’s smallest Nseries”. The deadline for entries is March 14th!
The challenge for the contest takes advantage of the Nokia’s Sports Tracker mobile application’s geo-tracking features along with your creativity to draw a virtual heart on the planet. Sports Tracker tracks the travelled routes of your workouts, saving that route on a map for you to see, analyze and share with your friends. Sports Tracker also gives you the ability to add geo-tagged pictures and video synchronized along your workout route.
Nokia’s using this contest to promote their newest bundled package, the N79 Active, combining the brilliant N79 phone with a brand new product from Polar heart rate monitors made exclusively for Nokia. The “Polar for Nokia” Wear-Link heart rate monitor belt communicates with the Nokia Sports Tracker mobile application via Bluetooth, adding heart rate data to your recorded workouts. The N79 Active bundle also includes an arm pouch to carry your mobile during your activities.
To enter you easily install the Nokia Sports Tracker mobile application to your GPS-enabled Nokia phone and sign up for a free Sports Tracker account, both of which can be done at: http://sportstracker.nokia.com. Then, look for and join the group called “Location Artists- Win A N79 Active” while you’re logged into the Sports Tracker website. Now all you have to do is go outside, start up the Sports Tracker program on your GPS-enabled Nokia phone and perform a workout in the shape of a heart. Upload that workout to the Sports Tracker website and choose to share it with the Location Artists group.
The deadline is March 14th, so hurry! Look for an earlier post of mine for tips and tricks to draw your heart and good luck!
