29 April 2011
Sports Tracker Gets Twitter Support,
Two New Languages & Numerous Bug Fixes
The free and Award winning Sports Tracker Application for Symbian devices is updated to version 4.0 today.
This update brings some significant improvements, fixing the known bugs and issues experienced by Nokia N8 and Nokia C6 users, adds the "sharing with friends" with frequently requested Twitter support and adds support for German and Spanish language.
If Sports Tracker is already installed on your phone you should be warned about the new update once you run it but just in case you are having problems with automated update and you are not prompted to update application just hit the option tab and tap on the 'Check for Update' option.
A lot of Sports Tracker App users have been waiting for this feature and ability to add friends and share workouts with them. The feature is very well implemented and basically all you need to do is to check the share with friends option while uploading the Workout to appopiate Sports Tracker web portal.
Furthermore, there is an indoor mode now that allows you to enable/disable GPS in Activity based settings. Energy consumption estimate is also Improved, so if you have heart rate belt, calculation is based on heart rate data. Last but not the least Sports Tracker v4.0 brings new night mode which means that now you can toggle between red/normal view in workout recording by tapping night mode icon (touch devies) or by pressing '*' key (in non-touch devices).
Just in case you don't know, Nokia Sports Tracker is a GPS based activity tracker that runs on Nokia smartphones. Information such as speed, distance and time are automatically stored to your training diary, and the Sports Tracker Beta site you can store and share your workouts and routes.
Sports Tracker eliminates the boredom of longer runs and provides you with your own running coach for quicker improvement! It's really like a having your own personal trainer, this piece of soft will definitely make you want to run and gain motivation for training.
Updated Nokia Sport Tracker application and Polar’s wireless heart rate monitor allows you to measure your performance, set new goals and stay motivated, whether you want to achieve, improve overall fitness level or lose weight, heart monitoring is a key element and will help you increase your aerobic endurance!
Nokia Sports Tracker is the great application and with addition of the Polar’s wireless heart rate monitor it is nearly perfect solution whether you’re a pro athlete or occasional walker! It's really like a having your own personal trainer, this activity pack will definitely make you want to run and gain motivation for training.
With Nokia Sports Tracker Beta you’ll newer run alone, you can track your activity and enjoy in some nice music as well, without need for any additional equipment, your lovely phone is all you have to have.
So all you need to motivate, and inspire you to give your best each and every run is the some of the 3rd edition Nokia phones, Nokia N95 is perfect solution as it has build in GPS but any Nokia phone can used as well via the external GPS module.
One of the coolest feature is the support for Google Earth and if you want to see your recorded track on the map, you can export the workout to a file in KML format that can be visualized using 3rd party applications, such as "Google Earth". Sure, the soft is aimed for athletes but also it can be useful for some other purpose as well, you can track your car activity and speed for example.
The success story continues: "Sports Tracker for Nokia touch-screen devices has been extremely successful in Ovi Store. It is one of the top 5 most downloaded of all the applications in Ovi Store ranking alongside with YouTube, Skype and Opera, with downloads from more than 190 countries.
By turning a smartphone into a full-featured sports computer without additional cost Sports Tracker provides great value for sports enthusiasts and anyone who enjoys outdoor activities. The positive feedback from users has been overwhelming." - Jussi Kaasinen, CEO, Sports Tracking Technologies Ltd.
Nokia Sports Tracker is the great application and with addition of the Polar’s wireless heart rate monitor and new web portal it is nearly perfect solution whether you’re a pro athlete or occasional walker! It's really like a having your own personal trainer, this activity pack will definitely make you want to run and gain motivation for training.
Introduction to Sports Tracker
The new mobile application allows users to
- Record activities with all the data needed to analyze the performance, including distance, speed, duration, route, step count and more
- Check their location on the map while running, cycling, walking or with any other outdoor activity
- Upload their activity data from their phone to the Sports Tracker service
- Share their activities and automatically geo-tagged photos with other users and friends on Facebook, directly from their phone
- Record heart rate data by connecting the Polar WearLink®+ transmitter with Bluetooth® heart rate belt by Polar
- Automatically compare speed, distance and duration of recorded activities
To celebrate the launch of the new eb portal folks over at Ovi blog want to give away the wireless Polar Bluetooth WearLink heart rate belt that can be used with wide range of Nokia devices.
So One main winner and this lucky guy or gal will get WearLink + transmitter with Bluetooth heart rate belt from Polar, which is ONLY available at the Sports Tracker store. Another 4 of these belts will be given to the top 2.-5. competitors. In addition to the deck main winner will also get a new and very exclusive Ovi skateboard deck. But that’s not all, each of the 5 winners’ prize packages will be lined with Ovi t-shirts, Ovi water bottles and other sporty Ovi swag.
Version 4.16 Release Changelog:
- Added Twitter sharing from device (NOTE: To enable Twitter sharing on device login to sports-tracker.com and go to Settings to connect your Sports Tracker account with your Twitter account.)
- Added new language support: German & Spanish
- Fixes for the issues experienced by Nokia N8 and Nokia C6 users
- Improved performance when switching between different workout displays
- Minor tweaks and updates
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