Nike + iPod Sport Kit Canditate for Favorite Gadget of the Year
11.09.06 - 12:57pm
Time magazine announced today that Apples Nike+iPod Sport Kit has been nominated among eight for it’s favorite gadget of the year.
The device aids runners by measuring a tiny device inside a specially designed shoe. Data than streams to your iPod Nano which keeps time and calculates calorie burn. Ipod users select music plus a time or distance for their workout and a voice prompts you at intervals. When your done with your workout simply dock and upload the data and track your performance. Set goals for yourself or challenge others. Battery lasts about 1,000 hours — that’s an hour a day for nearly three years.
Make sure to protect your iPod on your run with an ifrogz nano case. You don’t want to have a chipped, stepped on iPod simply because that darn crack in the sidewalk jumped up and tripped you.
Other gadgets to make the list are Logitech VX Revolution Mouse, Sanyo HD1 Digital Media Camera, Nintendo DS Lite, Logitech Wireless DJ Music System, Garmin StreetPilot c550 and Palm Treo 700 and Apple’s Macbook Pro.
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