Nike/Apple To Announce Partnership Tuesday?

[dgdosen]

Here's what I need

I have a stop watch to track my progress.

What I need from Apple is a pair of waterproof headphones. I'm tired of burning out headphones because sweat dripping from my head gets into the earphones - shortening their lives.

Anyone have a fix for that?

 

[Dr.Gargoyle]

Hey now, I'm actually aiming for a qualifying time this October so I can run Boston next year =)

I am officially impressed. I hope you'll make the cut.
I was more thinking of the computer-geek stereotype. Hardly the image of a fit athlete, right?

 

[gugy]

I have a stop watch to track my progress.

What I need from Apple is a pair of waterproof headphones. I'm tired of burning out headphones because sweat dripping from my head gets into the earphones - shortening their lives.

Anyone have a fix for that?

That's true.
I have the same problem. i tried the ipod headphones that go way deep inside the ear and the problem still happening. Hopefully an Apple_Nike headphone will take care of that.

please a road cycling solution! Come on Lance, ask Steve and Phil for that!

 

[j-a-x]

Wow cool!
When I read the headline I couldn't figure out what Apple and Nike could possibly do together, but this actually sounds sort of cool.

 

[buffalo]

Good thing I just bought a 1gb nano! I dont know about everyone else, but I love this idea and cant wait for it to come out. I needed an excuse to start running again...Im slowly falling out of shape.

You'd better start running before this comes out. You'll be long out of shape if you wait untill July to start running again.


While this is a nice idea (and I did vote positive), I think it will fall short of many people's expectations. I don't have much experiences with foot sensors, but I can't see how a $30 pod will match the preformance of many $100-200 pods. I love running with my GPS because it provides much more data (example) than the Nike software will.

 

[weitzner]

this has got to be one of the most innovative uses for an iPod yet. Very cool.

 

[monke]

Two small things:

When you go to buy an iPod Nano at the online store, the product name is iPodx.

Another thing, you can no longer view the iPod Nano ad featuring Rinôçérôse, at the Nano site click for the ad and it takes you to the new Wolfmother ad.

 

[Freebart]

accurate for the average slob?

I don't do very much running, maybe 10km per week, and I can't imagine that any stride calibration I make at the start of my run would have even a passing resemblance to my stride at the end of my run. I start quick, I finish slow. Are these things only accurate for a regular stride? I reckon my stride decreases by 50% over the length of my jog. Are these things accurate for the average slob?

I posted earlier that this looks like similar technology to what Polar is offering with their heart rate monitors. This flash demo attempts to show they've factored in for the different strides:

http://www.polar.fi/speed_distance/ (click on Measure Your Speed and Distance)

 

[TheSailerMan]

Apple & Nike should definitely come up with a solution for cyclists. Maybe a handlebar speaker system instead of headphones?

I like this idea a lot, except for the fact that it was created for a specific line of sneakers and doesn't work on the 5th gen iPod (as far as we know). I hate to run, but there's a slight possibility that I will get this and start running (as long as this does work with the 5th gen).

 

[knackroller]

but how is the shoe going to transmit to the ipod? Bluetooth? Radio?

 

[_bnkr612]

At the next keynote Jobs will be wearing Nikes. Like the kind Forrest Gump wore...

 

[MattyMac]

You'd better start running before this comes out. You'll be long out of shape if you wait untill July to start running again.


While this is a nice idea (and I did vote positive), I think it will fall short of many people's expectations. I don't have much experiences with foot sensors, but I can't see how a $30 pod will match the preformance of many $100-200 pods. I love running with my GPS because it provides much more data (example) than the Nike software will.

HAHA yes very true...I better get started soon.

 

[corywoolf]

but how is the shoe going to transmit to the ipod? Bluetooth? Radio?

It's going to be WiFi.

 

[dgaust]

Since the battery is sealed, is there any mention of it being recharged by kinetic energy?

That would be cool, otherwise it'll be $30 every time the battery dies.

 

[macnews]

It's going to be WiFi.

I tried to read most of the posts but too many were complaining about Nike.

I find the WiFi factor to be very interesting. I thought more people would post about this since a wireless capable iPod has been on the "I want list" for quite some time.

I just wonder other things we could do wirelessly or will it be hampered?

 

[mpw]

It's going to be WiFi.

Where'd you get that? I read on the Apple/Nike pages that it was proprietary tech.

 

[50548]

I have a stop watch to track my progress.

What I need from Apple is a pair of waterproof headphones. I'm tired of burning out headphones because sweat dripping from my head gets into the earphones - shortening their lives.

Anyone have a fix for that?

That's, uh...gross? Now I can imagine your headphones quickly decomposing in contact with the dripping sweat, creating a pool of decayed white plastic...

 

[50548]

Where'd you get that? I read on the Apple/Nike pages that it was proprietary tech.

Exactly, it's a proprietary frequency of 2.4 GHz...

 

[G99]

Ridiculous...Nike don't even have anything about it on their website.

 

[mpw]

Ridiculous...Nike don't even have anything about it on their website.

Apart from the front page and subsequent pages linked from it, wow tough crowd!

 

[gekko513]

Aaagh... I hate macromedia Flash sites.


I'm trying to find out what it measures and how accurate it is, but I have no luck. I hope they put out more info later on.

 

[barstard]

This is so-so. Not really exciting for me.

To weigh in on the other debate, factory labour can be bad or good in these countries, but what is the main problem, as has been touched upon, is that land that has been used by the locals for hundreds of years is sold off to these companies, even local companies, by the government.

This land can no longer be used by the locals, thereby the ability to make money for themselves is gone. Surely if more was paid to the adult workers, then the children would not need to work, and might be able to go to school, if one is available. Education is the real key to aiding a country to get on it's own two feet economically. Getting treated like crap only serves to anger and REDUCES productivity.

barstard.

 

[Savage Henry]

Surely if more was paid to the adult workers, then the children would not need to work, and might be able to go to school, if one is available. Education is the real key to aiding a country to get on it's own two feet economically.

Glad you said that. There has been too much garbage written in this thread so far about how paying children in foreign countires to make excessively premium priced plimpsoles is doing those kids a favour.

 

[Azurael]

sweatshoPod, anybody?

I'm disappointed with you, Apple. Parthner with companies who have a good reputation and products, not one which alienates your core market.

 

[macintel4me]

I'm much more excited about runner iPod shirts with cord management then the shoe sensor thing. I stopped using my iPod and arm band when I run because it's so frickin' cumbersome. I have to wear special shirts because the arm band rubs against my body and I get a scab so I don't even bother with it anymore.