Long before there was Nike+ or Runkeeper, there were Garmin fitness watches that monitored every aspect of your workout. And while those products continue to offer a premium solution for fitness freaks, the company has also decided to cater to the iCrowd, launching a fitness app and adapter for iPhone users.
The Garmin solution comprises of two main parts: the $0.99 Garmin Fit app from the app store, and the $55 ANT+ adapter for the iPhone. For most users, the app itself will be more than enough, tracking time, distance, pace and calories while letting you listen to music or make phone calls. The ANT+ adapter adds the ability to monitor heart rate and cadence when used in conjunction with other Garmin ANT+ accessories.
Like Nike+, Garmin Fit also has an online component, sending your performance results to Garmin Connect to let you monitor your performance over time.
Android users shouldn’t feel left out though, with the Garmin Fit app also available for Android, although there’s no ANT+ adapter for the open source platform.
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kdog
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 1:03 PMThere are of course phones with built in ANT+ functionality such as the Sony Xperia line.
Mogwai888000
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 6:34 PMfreaking sweet. Can you upload to connect.garmin.com ? I’ve got all the garmin ant stuff plus a 800 for biking. Would be good if i could use all the same crap with my iphone for running and have it all synced with connect.garmin.com
Sally Edwards
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 6:12 AMYes, sweet. Agreed with the pregnant “but”. But, what is new here? There are now over 1,000 running apps in the App store and it’s a mass mess finding them. Just seems like Nike+, Garmin, Suunto, Timex – the hardware companies – are chasing the App companies – Endomondo, Runkeeper, Runtastic – and it’s still not motivating people to get off the couch but motivating the all ready really fit to have more data. New?