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Daily iPhone App: Walkmeter 6.0

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 5th, 2011)

I'm not a big fan of running, but I love cycling and walking, so I'm always looking for nice iOS apps to compliment my activities. A beautiful app I've fond for tracking my walks is Walkmeter 6.0 by Abvio. If Abvio sounds familiar, it's because we've covered their Runmeter app in the ...

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 ...

Lonely Planet launches audio walking tours in London

by Mike Schramm (Feb 18th, 2011)

This is a cool new feature in travel apps that I'd like to see a lot more of: Lonely Planet has released some walking audio tours as apps on the App Store. Unfortunately, all of the tours so far are just based in London, but the apps will walk you around some of London's most interesting areas, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Why GPS?

by Erica Sadun (Feb 22nd, 2010)

Normally readers write directly to Aunt TUAW using our tips line or feedback form. But today, we're switching things up a bit. Instead, Auntie is responding to a comment left on her last post about whether you should buy the Wi-Fi only iPad or wait for the 3G version. That's because Aunt TUAW has a ...

Using your iPhone in the city? Be careful!

by Mike Schramm (Jan 18th, 2010)

I've lived in big cities for almost ten years now, first in Chicago and now in Los Angeles, and I could have told you exactly what this New York Times piece does: that you've got to be careful while using your iPhone while walking the city streets. We've heard about this before with the iPod, but an ...

TUAW Tips: Send Mac audio to your iPhone for cheap

by Erica Sadun (Sep 23rd, 2009)

Earlier this month, I wrote about connecting my old Mac mini to my television . My mini offers a great Apple TV-style lifestyle with none of the Apple TV limitations. It's a real Mac running real Snow Leopard, albeit on an older, admittedly limited mini. I have Front Row, EyeTV, QuickTime, and more, ...

TUAW First Look: Nike+iPod on your iPhone 3GS

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jun 24th, 2009)

When the second generation of iPod touch was announced, one slide on the presentation included built-in support for the Nike+iPod sensor. The cool thing was that you no longer needed the unsightly dongle hanging off your device. The touch just "sees" the Nike sensor and you could add it to the ...

TUAW Responds: iPhone Pedometer

by Erica Sadun (Jun 26th, 2008)

One of our readers wrote in asking whether the iPhone could possibly replace the Nike sports kit and work as a pedometer with its onboard accelerometer. Short answer? It already does. The (jailbreak) iPhone pedometer project is open source and available on Google code. The iPhone's three onboard ...

Nike+ coming to iPhone and iPod touch

by Mike Schramm (Apr 11th, 2008)

Multiple sources are repeating Stuff.tv's report that Apple is planning to bring the Nike+ system to the iPhone and iPod touch. Nike+ is of course a special kit, originally made for iPod nano, that will record the distance and length of a walk or run -- you stick the little sensor in your shoe, ...