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Apple Patents DRM For Pairing Only Official Nike Shoes With Nike+ Sensor
12:00AM John Mahoney | Everyone knows joggers can make the worst criminals–look at them, all smug with their fitness, rubbing it in your face on the sidewalk in front of your house as they make a quick and effortless getaway from whatever malfeasance they’ve just hoisted on an innocent and unsuspecting car-preffering public. And the intellectual property violations? Boy, don’t get me started. But now those degenerates may be getting what’s been coming–the days of pairing Nike+ with shoes other than those made by Nike may be numbered, if a recent Apple patent has anything to say about it. More »
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Review: Nike + iPod Touch Workout App
11:00PM Jason Chen | Despite looking forward to the iPod Touch/iPhone integration of the Nike+ running dongle for over a year now, we can’t help but feel slightly disappointed at the way this app is executed on the latest iPod Touch. The Nike + iPod software itself looks great—the red and white UI design matches up perfectly with nike’s own workout site—but there’s just something missing. First, where’s the grandfathered support for iPhone, iPhone 3G and first-gen iPod Touch? More importantly, where are the expanded features that makes great use of the Touch’s accelerometer, touch screen or internet connection? Nowhere. More »
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Apple’s Next-Gen Running Shoe Has Force Sensors, GPS Support
11:40PM Jesus Diaz | Apple wants to take Nike+ to a different level to perform precise, real-time tracking of runners’ performance and–shiver–offer location-based information and advertising. Their latest patent not only details how they will get rid of the current RFID sensor and add a series of force sensors instead–as well as GPS support–but also how they are contemplating other “authorised” shoes. Does this mean they are abandoning their relationship with Nike? More »
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Confirmed: Nike+ Only Works With 2nd Gen iPod Touch, Not iPhone or 1st Gen iTouch
5:12AM Jason Chen | Our interview with Apple confirmed something we suspected in our liveblog and our hands on with the device: that the Nike+ integration only works with this version. Owners of the first-gen iPod touch, the iPhone and iPhone 3G are locked out, because of the technology required to connect the device to the receiver in your shoe without using the standard dock connector dongle. Apple also said that even if you shove in the dongle to the unsupported devices, nothing will happen, so we’re out of luck until some hackers get to working on enabling this “unofficially.” [iPod Touch Hands On Impressions] More »
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iPod Touch Second Generation Rocks Our Socks Off
3:34AM Jesus Diaz | digg_skin = 'compact'; digg_bgcolor = '#f1f8fa'; digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/iPod_Touch_Second_Generation_Rocks_Our_Socks_Off'; The new iPod touch is out. It has a new design: chrome rim, with a tapered back similar to the iPhone, but thinner. It now includes external volume controls as well. It also has Nike+ integrated with no transmitter needed (you still need the in-shoe transmitter,) as well as on-the-fly genius playlist creation, all included in the new iPhone 2.1 software. It also comes with new prices, available today: US$229 for the 8GB, US$299 for the 16GB, and US$399 for the 32GB. That’s US$100 cheaper than before. Here are all the features:
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LEAKED: First Shots of iPhone Nike+ Interface
2:39AM Mark Wilson | We’ve long known that Nike+ has been in development for the iPhone. Now we’re finally getting a peek at the first shots of the interface. From what we can skim, Nike+ users will get all of the nifty performance graphs right on the phone (before this stuff was available on the web only). But the biggest improvement over the old Nike system may be Google Maps support: More »
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Replace the Nike+ Receiver Battery For US$5 and Say No To Nike and Apple’s Overcharging
6:40AM Jason Chen | Do you buy a new remote every six months when its batteries die? Because Apple and Nike expect you to pay another US$30 for a new Nike+ receiver when the battery on your current one dies. Fuck. That. Instructables has a how-to on how you can replace it with US$5 worth of materials and 10-15 minutes worth of work. Since you’re using electrical tape to secure the battery, the inside may not look as pretty as it did when you bought it; but your insides are pretty disgusting as well, so who are you to judge? [Instructables] More »
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Nike+ Gym Equipment Coming July
9:50PM Gizmodo US Edition | Following up on the promise made back in March, Apple and Nike have integrated Nike+ iPod technology into gym equipment. 24 Hour Fitness, the largest fitness chain in the US, will be the first to roll out the equipment to select locations across the country starting in July. [BusinessWire] More »
Vehicles
Cannondale Bicycles May Get iPod Dock Upgrade + Stat Tracking
10:00AM Jason Chen | Cannondale bikes hired a design firm to render up some possible future features on their rides, one of which is a very interesting one called MetroPolite that has an iPod connector. An iPod seems like the last thing you want to be shoving into your ears when you’re riding in a Metro area, seeing as bikes lose to cars when the latter accidentally hit the former, but the connector isn’t just for that. More »
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