I have installed Sportypal on my phone, trialling it today, I am very impressed. Each mile on my bike, it gave the running total of elasped time, at the end of the trip, max speed, average speed, total distance, and approximate amount of calories burnt over the ride. http://sportypal.com/Workouts/Details/230185?key=041ef8210d60fb333495d4bbe1e45e6606c116cb&ms=1
That's seriously impressive, Glenn. :thumb:
And free, it is also available for the iphone too.
Worrying to think how others might apply the technology, isn't it...
At this rate, burning 2200 cals extra a day I should be about 10st by the time I do my ride ;D
Can you burn some for me please?
I'll try Monday, or Saturday, if I take my bike to Cornwall tomorrow.
:thumb: I need about 48,000 burnt off if you could manage that. ;D
Give me a month ;D
No problem, that's about 48 times faster than I'll do it. ;D
I just found another useful widget, Wifi Analyzer, it tells you what wifi channels are in use in your area.
Handy. Could you pop round please. :)
There are a lot of useful apps/widgets for android (and a lot of bad ones too, but the rating system seems to work well). I have just installed a barcode reader on my android phone. It uses the phones camera to read them then finds the cheapest price on the net for you. My local PC shop matched the price of some new RAM after i scanned the barcode and found it cheaper elsewhere. The app is free and has just saved me 20 quid.
That's a pretty good return on your investment, Fox. :thumb:
You should get one Rik, just think how many more steaks and sausage you could get with the money you save :steak:
;D
Steaks, yes, sausages, no - I'm not allowed them. :'(
Star Trekkie heaven http://www.megamobilecontent.com/freeware/HTC-DROID+Eris/Tricorder-i31317/
Oh dear. ;D
The compass is actually very good
How long before they cease to call them phones, I wonder?
Not long, my Desire has a 1Ghz cpu, so it's not too far behind in Ghz terms from my atom based netbook.
Frightening to think that even the most modest of phones has more computing power than my first computer. :shake:
Hi guys,
this application sound interesting, I have T-mobile Pulse with Android, will check SportyPal during the weekend, and will report back on monday :o
It works very well, another in the same vein is My Tracks
Hi and welcome to the forum. :welc: :karma:
Thanks Rik, I did one workout with Sporty this weekend, i downloaded the version for 1.5 since there is no update for 2.0 on Pulse yet.
This application really rocks, having the speed, map, real time movement etc.
Also great community behind after uploading to their site: http://www.sportypal.com
That's great, thanks for the feedback. :thumb:
I have version 1.7.6 on my Desire running 2.1, I installed it via the Marketplace.
Turn by turn navigation is now available from Google, in the UK.
Save battery power on you Android phone, try Juicedefender from, http://www.latedroid.com/search/label/Apps
I loaded it yesterday morning, from what I can see today, it does do what it says on the box.
Since I got my Wildfire, one thing that I've kind of been struggling with was typing text messages / emails / general text input. I was looking on the andriod forums and found something called Swype. Not available on the market though and the beta has ended. So I looked a little harder and found
SlideIT (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=229U0ZYPum8)
There is a time limited "demo version" and I've been trying it out. Entering text now is very easy and very fun :)
Might be persuaded to buy the full version, will try it for the month and see how I get on with it. If you have text input problems with your droid, give this a try.
Load Appbrain on to you phone, then go to the webpage, log on with your google account, from there you can search the market place, then, add apps to load on to the phone when you sync next.
The trial period for the SlideIT app expired this morning so I've bought the full version. I just can't go back to entering text using the standard keyboard. This method of text entry should be standard on Android phones.
Highly recommended.
A similar app to SportyPal is RunGPS - it seems to have much the same features, and comes in a free 'Lite' version as well as a Pro version. A cool new feature is that it now lets you re-run your training session, tracking along in 3D in Google Earth. Fun.
Another Swype/SlideIT style keyboard app is ShapeWriter, currently not on the Market, but I found the APK here: ShapeWriter APK (http://vivin.net/2010/06/22/download-shapewriter-apk/).
Oh, and while I'm at it, don't miss Need For Speed Shift (http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-download-and-install-need-for-speed-shift-on-android-phone/), the best racer out there!
MM Tracker - Enables the use of Memory Map .qct maps to be viewed on the phone. A free trial version, and a paid for full version are available http://mitglied.multimania.de/mmtracker/ is the developers site.