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RunKeeper gets a major upgrade

by Steven Sande (Oct 31st, 2011)

RunKeeper, the free fitness tracking app, just received a major upgrade that was announced this morning. The app has been gaining a lot of attention since mid-summer, when the company launched a Health Graph API that developers have been using to integrate RunKeeper capabilities into third-party ...

Nike+ not working? Nike says sorry, and is working on the problem

by Chris Rawson (Sep 2nd, 2011)

If you're a Nike+ user and you've been experiencing issues with the service lately, you're not alone. According to TechCrunch, enough users have been having problems with Nike+ over the past few months that Nike has sent an email to users apologizing for the service's troubles and promising a ...

Runner's 13-mile trip is a tribute to Steve Jobs

by Steven Sande (Aug 29th, 2011)

In the days since the resignation of Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple, Inc., we've seen an amazing outpouring of love for the man and his legacy. But none of those tributes has had quite the impact of marathon runner Joseph Tame accomplished with an iPhone (actually two), the Runkeeper app and ...

RunKeeper Pro goes free, RunKeeper Free goes bye-bye

by Chris Rawson (Apr 30th, 2011)

A member of the TUAW team recently received an email from RunKeeper saying that RunKeeper Free will no longer be supported. At first glance that might seem like fairly bad news, but it now appears that RunKeeper Pro has been re-branded as just plain "RunKeeper." Contrary to earlier reports that ...

Marathon man preps for second live stream, with multiple iPhones, iPad

by Rick Martin (Feb 9th, 2011)

Readers may recall our report last year on runner and TUAW reader Joseph Tame, who streamed the Tokyo marathon from a head-mounted iPhone. This year's marathon will be held on February 27, and Joseph has found additional ways to make the 42km run even more difficult. Check out the get-up that ...

Run app updates: News on the Nike+, Runkeeper, and Runmeter fronts

by Erica Sadun (Sep 7th, 2010)

I admit it. I've always thought that the Nike+ shoe sensor thing was kind of lame. Even though I actually do own the right shoes, I never thought it worth while to pick up the optional pedometer sensor just so I could take advantage of the built-in iPhone feature. I know that there are people out ...

Frankenguru: Exporting Runmeter data to Trailguru

by Erica Sadun (Jul 15th, 2010)

I've spoken of my Trailguru love in the past. It's a simple GPS application that has, unfortunately, seemed to drop off the radar at least as far as software updates are concerned. I know its creator is still on the scene -- because I can track his bike runs on the trailguru.com website -- but the ...

Road tested: Runkeeper, Runmeter, 321Run and Trailguru

by Erica Sadun (Jun 22nd, 2010)

Exercise apps are a highly personal decision. That's because there are so many ways apps can match -- or impede -- your style. Take Trailguru, for example. I've been using it for quite some time, happy with many little touches the application brings to the table. It's an application written by a ...

Eight ways the iPhone pwns the iPad

by Erica Sadun (May 5th, 2010)

We love our iPads. We wouldn't dream of giving them up. And yet, there are ways and situations where the iPhone simply works better. Without taking potshots at our beloved iPad, here is TUAW's respectful list of mega-win scenarios where the iPhone takes first place in usability. Making phone ...

Relax, the iPad isn't going to kill the iPhone

by Erica Sadun (Feb 1st, 2010)

Regardless of what some people may worry about, the iPad is not going to kill the iPhone. Why's that? To keep the answer really, really simple, it's because the iPad does not fit in people's pockets. Can the answer get any simpler than that? I'm on record as not being a huge fan of the iPhone as ...

FitnessKeeper introduces enhanced RunKeeper website

by Erica Sadun (Jan 27th, 2010)

If you're a RunKeeper iPhone user, you'll be pleased to learn that the makers of the app and its supporting website have introduced a new service called RunKeeper FitnessReports. Like the normal RunKeeper web service, it uses the iPhone data you collect during your runs that are posted to the site. ...

Hands-on with Runmeter

by Sang Tang (Jan 13th, 2010)

New year, new you, and there are a host of location-based iPhone apps that can help you look a bit more lithe at Point B than you did at Point A. Runmeter [iTunes link] is one of them. Like almost all apps in its genre (Nike+ and RunKeeper Pro [iTunes link]), Runmeter's main purpose is to track the ...

Discover new running trails with the WalkJogRun app

by Sang Tang (Dec 2nd, 2009)

There are many apps (like RunKeeper and RunMeter) that track where and how much you run, but not many to help you discover new places to run. Luckily, there's the WalkJogRun app [iTunes link] ($.99US), which gives you the ability to navigate through over 500,000 user-submitted map-based running ...

Buyer's Guide: 33 things you don't need if you have an iPhone

by Chris Rawson (Nov 19th, 2009)

Every time I walk through Warehouse Stationery (New Zealand's equivalent to Office Depot) or Dick Smith's Electronics (pretty much Best Buy), I'm struck by how probably half the products in each store are pretty much useless to me since I've got an iPhone. Thanks to the apps that come ...

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