RunKeeper: Run with your iPhone
Nick | Sep 22, 2008 | Comments 0
Although logic dictates that smaller is better when it comes to running gear, RunKeeper, a cool iPhone app that tracks your treks via G.P.S. adds a compelling exception to that old adage. The iPhone isn’t the first thing you think of when going out for a run –
RunKeeper is a fairly unique product. It uses the iPhone’s G.P.S. to trace your tracks through the city. I tried it in San Francisco with varying results but it’s definitely a step up from Nike+iPod’s pedometer estimation techniques, which have ultimately failed me many times.
Nike+iPod uses the motion of your feet – or foot – to estimate the distance traveled. Read More
By John Biggs
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