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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