03.07.08 - 04:53pm
The success of the iPod+Nike has become so phenomenal that the Nike website is adding over a thousand new runners a day to their site. Runners that like to track their efforts have found the combination irresistible.
Thus it is not at all surprising that competition would arise for the companies. What is surprising is that is has taken so long, but nevertheless it is here, in a Samsung & Adidas combination mobile phone and music player called miCoach.
The miCoach features a 2-inch screen, only 1GB of memory, a 2-megapixel camera and USB/Bluetooth interface. A heart rate monitor and, a stride sensor chip complete the miCoach which is compatible with all Adidas running footwear and apparel. Online users can track workouts with a Web workout journal similar to the Nike+iPod.
Category: Athletic Gear, MP3 Players | Tags: Adidas, miCoach, nike+ipod, samsung | Be the First to Comment »
03.23.07 - 12:12pm
Nike has reported a 7.7% increase in profits, beating analysts estimates as it rides the iPod wave with it’s Nike+iPod shoes.
Now Nike plans to open 100 new stores around the world in a whole new style that will highlight products such as their running shoes that sync with the iPod.
“Consumers want a more compelling and relevant experience wherever and whenever they shop,” Nike President and Chief Executive Mark Parker said. “We’re grabbing the opportunity to … take Nike and our industry to someplace new, where consumers have experiences that are physical and digital and mobile.”
Nike is planning to change it’s product line along with it’s stores. President Charlie Densen said the company is entering it’s best product line ever.
While they did not specify on exactly what would be coming out they did say that all their running shoes would be made compatible with the Nike+ technology by the end of the year.
Category: Athletic Gear | Tags: nike+ipod, running_shoes | Be the First to Comment »
02.28.07 - 01:25pm
You know that whole Nike+iPod security flaw which recently had bloggers everywhere sending out warnings of how easy it
would be for a stalker to track a runners movements through the device, perhaps making it much easier to do them harm, even if you change your route daily? Well they no longer have to create the device they can instead simply buy it from Spark Fun - their new USB Adapter.
The USB adapter will not only track the ID Nike+iPod you’re looking for, it will show you all the runners out running within range of your little tracking device. The website specifies, however that this is not what it is designed for, except of course to “allow easy creation of proximity based projects and running/workout research.” Since, naturally you need to know others workouts to make your own better - of course - rather than ask Candice how she stays so thin I will secretly monitor her workouts. Spark Fun also says they want it to be used for cat ID’s saying “We really want to attach these to our cats and make an ID controlled cat-door-lock system. ‘Are you Carlos? No? You can’t come in.”
Category: Athletic Gear, Protection, Security, iPod | Tags: nike+ipod, Security, stalkers, tracking | Be the First to Comment »
