MP3 players that monitor your runs

Tech: Yahoo! News — iPod Alter­na­tives Shak­ing Up Mar­ket: “In August, the com­pa­nies plan to start sell­ing the $299 MP3Run PSA260 player, which mea­sures the dura­tion and pace of your work­out. The disc-shaped MP3Run comes with a sep­a­rate don­gle device that tracks the speed and dis­tance of your run and sends the infor­ma­tion wire­lessly to the player. Run­ners, who clip the don­gle to their sneak­ers, can receive audio alerts. ‘You have your own coach with you in the prod­uct,’ said Lev­i­tan, who also pointed out other runner-centric fea­tures like a flash­ing strobe and the abil­ity to oper­ate it with­out hav­ing to look at it…

Sam­sung began sell­ing the $230 YP-60 player, no larger than two packs of chew­ing gum, that also comes with a heart mon­i­tor and a calo­rie counter. Like the upcom­ing Nike player, Samsung’s lets users upload work­out data onto a home com­puter as a way to keep closer tabs on fit­ness progress.”

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