Hey everyone, there is the possibility that the Nike Amp+ iPod Remote Watch is EOL or a new version will be shown at the Sept 9th event - Read below.
RECENT INFO
- Last Month many stores Bestbuy included marked the product as marked down in order to dispatch their stock.
- As of the last 3 weeks a bundle of them have shown up on ebay through refurb companies.
http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=nike+remote+watch&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=
- There has not been an update to the product in almost 2 years (first appeared Oct 2007)
- Its Nike counter part the SportsBand (not made for iPod), just received an update this past July
http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/14/nike-announces-updated-nike-sportband/
- Nike now only offers one variety on their website (black and grey)
http://store.nike.com/index.jsp?sit...=en_US#l=shop,pdp,ctr-inline/cid-1/pid-218268
DEVICE REVISIONS
- Users of the device commonly reported that the LED dot screen was extremely hard to read, and could only be seen in very low light/ night situations.
- The iPhone 3Gs has enhanced support for the watch device,as does the iPod touch with the 3.0 software update
- The metal clasp variety (seen above) suffered from many breakages later to be replaced by a button variety (see image below). No announcement was ever made about the changing of the clasp
* This all means either it is EOL or there may be a new version announced at the Sept 9th iPod Event.
** There is also the possibility the Apple is going to announce the integration of the Nike+ radio into the the iPod Nano. It is currently integrated both into the iPhone and iPod touch.
RECENT INFO
- Last Month many stores Bestbuy included marked the product as marked down in order to dispatch their stock.
- As of the last 3 weeks a bundle of them have shown up on ebay through refurb companies.
http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=nike+remote+watch&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=
- There has not been an update to the product in almost 2 years (first appeared Oct 2007)
- Its Nike counter part the SportsBand (not made for iPod), just received an update this past July
http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/14/nike-announces-updated-nike-sportband/
- Nike now only offers one variety on their website (black and grey)
http://store.nike.com/index.jsp?sit...=en_US#l=shop,pdp,ctr-inline/cid-1/pid-218268
DEVICE REVISIONS
- Users of the device commonly reported that the LED dot screen was extremely hard to read, and could only be seen in very low light/ night situations.
- The iPhone 3Gs has enhanced support for the watch device,as does the iPod touch with the 3.0 software update
- The metal clasp variety (seen above) suffered from many breakages later to be replaced by a button variety (see image below). No announcement was ever made about the changing of the clasp
* This all means either it is EOL or there may be a new version announced at the Sept 9th iPod Event.
** There is also the possibility the Apple is going to announce the integration of the Nike+ radio into the the iPod Nano. It is currently integrated both into the iPhone and iPod touch.