Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
It has taken nearly two months since the original announcement but as promised the Nike+iPod Sport Kit is finally no longer vapourware. For US$29, fitness conscious consumers will be able to incorporate a device with a range of Nike running shoes to track their performance on iPod Nanos while they're training.
The Nike+iPod Sport Kits allows the runner to receive audible updates
on speed, distance and calories burned upon request throughout the run,
according to both companies. The system, involves a chip with wireless
transmitter inserted into the lining of a shoe and a receiver attached
to the iPod.
As previosly reported on iTWire, the software part includes embedded
software to track performance and a voice over to communicate the
details to the runner, with a new menu item on the Nano called
Nike+iPod, which is added via a software download. Completing the
system is a special section on iTunes called Nike Sport Music Selection
and an exercise management section on the NikePlus website.
Accordng to Nike, the device can be incorporate in a range of its consumer oriented sports shoes.
What is not clear, is whether the arrangement between Apple and Nike is
exclusive. Pardon the pun, but this technology would be a shoe-in with
a number of sporting footwear manufacturers.
David Bass
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