New Fitness Phone!
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Steven D.
March 6, 2008 It is inevitable that one day our mobile phones will monitor the body’s key functions - ubiquitous usage of such a device moved closer this week when Samsung and Adidas announced the miCoach mobile phone. The miCoach comes with a stride sensor (pedometer) and heart rate monitor, enabling the phone’s software to monitor your workouts and advise/push you with a voice-simulating personal coach. Despite concepts from Nokia and Microsoft, and add ons from Kiwok and Alivetech , the miCoach is the first phone with heart rate functionality, so it is a milestone.
When we saw it, we checked back through the files and realized that it’s the first phone to include heart rate monitoring, so in many ways, it’s a landmark phone, though there’s also no doubt the idea was catalyzed by the iPod/Nike collaboration, which will invariably become an iPhone/Nike relationship very soon. The Apple/Nike partnership announced new extensions this week including the ability to plug an iPod into gym equipment to track specific training and when the iPhone and its Software Developers Kit becomes a little more readily available, we expect the same functionality plus lots more.
Whilst the miCoach is the first phone to carry a heart rate sensor – functionality that will eventually become standard on all phones. Just the same, there’s been a lot of investigation in the area in recent years, most notably using GPS as the platform.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.gizmag.com/samsung-and-adidas-micoach-fitness-phone/8952/
New Fitness Phone!
Posted by Steven D.
March 6, 2008 It is inevitable that one day our mobile phones will monitor the body’s key functions - ubiquitous usage of such a device moved closer this week when Samsung and Adidas announced the miCoach mobile phone. The miCoach comes with a stride sensor (pedometer) and heart rate monitor, enabling the phone’s software to monitor your workouts and advise/push you with a voice-simulating personal coach. Despite concepts from Nokia and Microsoft, and add ons from Kiwok and Alivetech , the miCoach is the first phone with heart rate functionality, so it is a milestone.
When we saw it, we checked back through the files and realized that it’s the first phone to include heart rate monitoring, so in many ways, it’s a landmark phone, though there’s also no doubt the idea was catalyzed by the iPod/Nike collaboration, which will invariably become an iPhone/Nike relationship very soon. The Apple/Nike partnership announced new extensions this week including the ability to plug an iPod into gym equipment to track specific training and when the iPhone and its Software Developers Kit becomes a little more readily available, we expect the same functionality plus lots more.
Whilst the miCoach is the first phone to carry a heart rate sensor – functionality that will eventually become standard on all phones. Just the same, there’s been a lot of investigation in the area in recent years, most notably using GPS as the platform.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.gizmag.com/samsung-and-adidas-micoach-fitness-phone/8952/