Nike Planning iPod Compatible Heart Rate Monitor
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The wording is somewhat ambiguous, but it looks like Nike may be about to sell a heart rate monitor which hooks up to the latest (fifth generation) iPod Nano. Apple Insider did some digging inside the new Nike+ iPod User Guide and found possible references to the new hardware. Here’s the text, pasted from the pdf:
Linking a Nike + iPod Compatible Remote or Heart Rate Monitor
iPod nano (5th generation only) also supports Nike + iPod compatible heart rate monitors.
To link to a Nike+ compatible heart rate monitor (sold separately):
iPod nano (5th generation only): Connect your Nike + iPod receiver to your iPod nano, choose Nike + iPod > Settings > Heart Rate Monitor > Link, then follow the onscreen instructions.
As you can see, the description “iPod Compatible Heart Rate Monitor” could mean any third party add-on, but Apple Insider also got a tip-off that the monitor was “initially expected to launch alongside the next-generation iPod nano.”
We’re not surprised. That the Nano no longer needs the Nike+ dongle to work left a certain gap in Nike’s product lineup that a heart rate counter would fill, and I’m sure our resident fitness-freak and editor Dylan Tweney will check it out when it becomes available. Me? Nah. I’ll be raising my heart rate the same way my family has raised their heart rates for generations: Whiskey and porn.
Nike plans iPod nano-compatible heart rate monitor [Apple Insider]
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