March 18, 2008

Sports,Tracked by Phone

run-thumb.jpg Japanese mobile operator KDDI/AU offers a Smart Sports service, enabling users to to track their exercise route and sync their music. Image left is an ad for the service at Shibuya station.

Nokia offers something similar on their N-Series phones, enabling users to download Sports Tracker beta :

Information such as speed, distance and time are automatically stored to your training diary, and on this site you can store and share your workouts and routes.

[via everyone's favorite Jan Chipchase for Future Perfect]

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