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thelostone
07-07-2011, 08:47 AM
The Sportive ?watch? from French company VEA looks like the idea runner?s companion. Not only does it pack in the tracking, altitude and speed-recording features of a wrist-mounted GPS device, it also replaces your cellphone, camera and ? yes ? your watch.
As a phone, it?s certainly not smart, with EDGE connectivity, MMS and Bluetooth, but it is pre-loaded with the ?apps? you might need. It?ll measure your speed, distance, calories burned and ? as it?s sat right on your wrist ? your pulse. You can play music and grab video from and to the internal 8GB memory, and hook it up to a a heart-rate monitor via Bluetooth
If you?re used to juggling a GPS, a phone and an iPod while you train, this wrist mounted super-watch is just the ticket. Unfortunately, it costs the same as all of those other gadgets put together: ?500, or around ?447. Available November.
I will have to get one of these for my 10 mile runs:hyst:

Diablo13
07-07-2011, 05:54 PM
OK its expensive, but sounds a great bit of low weight technology for the serious sports person.

It occurs to me that a gadget like this could help save lives.
If someone just collapsed or was hurt in some serious way, strapping one of these on their wrist would mean someone could tell the emergency crews helpful information about heart rate, blood pressure etc, which might save valuable time in them starting treatment when they arrived?

notanotherone
08-07-2011, 04:13 PM
being a serious sportsman im gonna buy one

berley
08-07-2011, 04:27 PM
being a serious sportsman im gonna buy one

aye right nao, the furthest you run is to the pub and besides it would be no good to you dead ................................ once your missus found out you'd bought it pmsl

notanotherone
08-07-2011, 05:03 PM
aye right nao, the furthest you run is to the pub and besides it would be no good to you dead ................................ once your missus found out you'd bought it pmsl


this svelt like body will drift thro the hard work out i allways have

Diablo13
08-07-2011, 09:37 PM
notanotherone, .....................the most svelt sportsman in the pie eating contest, where he has never been heard to say notanotherone!

His other notable sports achievements being in 'putting the trough'! ;) :lol2: