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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

GPS Capable Training Watches

GPS capable training watches are the serious sportsperson’s dream. In one small wrist watch, there are enough functions to have a complete record of any sport you might choose, except possibly deep-sea diving. That’s only because the GPS function doesn’t work underwater. Everything else does—provided it is one of the water resistant models.

The GPS function gives highly accurate data for speed and distance measurements. It measures location with decent and ascent distances and rates. Some models record up to 100 location waypoints for tracking back, for hikers not to get lost, and to create new routes. The data recording can start and stop automatically with a hands-free option.

GPS capable training watches also have heart rate monitors and calorie burning monitors for each lap. Some models have the memory capacity to record up to 20 workouts and up to 1000 laps of information and it keeps a dated summary of the workout.

Some points to consider before buying a GPS capable training watch— is such a high tech watch needed, and what features are required. There are certain models that use the GPS better for navigation and some that use it for fitness and performance. Also, the reliability of the chip is important because sometimes in the older models the signal drops out without warning. This can be mostly avoided if the watch is used in places where there is an unobstructed view of the sky. Newer models have better technology and don’t have this problem.

Another thing to consider is the level of style and comfort wanted. GPS capable training watches are big and look like sports watches not style icons. But some are slimmer than others and very lightweight. They are actually quite comfortable and make good everyday watches too.

There are so many amazing features on GPS capable training watches that it is best to compare the different models and prices to get the features really needed to monitor and enhance the sport or workout.

About the author: James Mowery is a computer geek that writes about technology and related topics. To read more blog posts by him, go to monitors.

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Motorola Droid X review

The original Droid made a powerful statement. Actually, make that statements, plural: for Motorola, it was the largest single affirmation that it was going all-in with Android (after having already released the far less memorable midrange CLIQ on T-Mobile) and that it could play in the very highest rungs of the smartphone elite. For Verizon, the Droid was the carrier's very first Android device, period -- announced to great fanfare in collaboration with Eric Schmidt and crew -- serving as a pretty spectacular exit from the Windows Mobile / BlackBerry doldrums that the carrier's smartphone lineup had historically suffered. By almost any measure, the phone went on to serve its purpose; it let customers (and potential customers) know that Verizon could release a "cool" phone, and they responded. The Droid's an unqualified success. Today, Verizon's involvement in Android has never been greater, and Motorola -- by all appearances, anyway -- seems to be on its way back from the brink.

Time stops for no phone, though, and we're now halfway through 2010. Motorola's success as a competitive phone manufacturer is ultimately going to depend not on its ability to produce a single hit, but to produce a never-ending string of hits, each better than the one before it. It's a tall order -- and that's exactly where the Droid X comes into play. Featuring a 4.3-inch WVGA display, 8 megapixel camera with 720p video capture, a reworked user interface, and a significantly improved processor, this phone apes the first Droid in at least one critical aspect: its ability to immediately steal the spotlight from anything else in Verizon's lineup. Specs don't tell the whole story, though, so let's dig in and see what this beast is all about.

HTC EVO 4G review

As a mobile platform, the EVO 4G's Android foundation is still an infant -- well, okay, perhaps it's a tweener -- but in its two-odd years in the public spotlight, the list of truly revolutionary devices to use it has been a significant one: the G1 for being the first to market; the Nexus One for ushering in a new (and subsequently killed) retail model; perhaps the CLIQ for introducing Motorola to the platform or the Droid for bringing the company some desperately needed, long overdue success. For the moment, anyway, a whopping fraction of the world's most important phones are running Google's little experiment.

Needless to say, Sprint, HTC, and quite frankly, many of us have come to expect the EVO 4G to join that short list for some obvious reasons. Put simply, its magnificent list of specs reads as though it was scribbled on a napkin after a merry band of gadget nerds got tipsy at the watering hole and started riffing about their idea of the ultimate mobile device: a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 4.3-inch WVGA display, 8 megapixel camera with 720p video recording, HDMI-out, and WiMAX compatibility. Of course, the list of potential deal-breakers for a phone is as long as the EVO 4G's display is wide; to put it another way, there are countless ways HTC, Sprint, or even Google could've screwed this thing up. So does this moderately intimidating black slab of pure engineering and marketing -- this high-profile bet on Sprint's future -- deliver the goods? Read on.
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Samsung announces Galaxy S Android smartphone

That's right, the Galaxy S is officially official, as are its 4-inch Super AMOLED display, 1GHz processor, and "Smart Life" ecosystem integration, and more. It'll be available worldwide -- including the US -- this year, and as we type this our hard-working team on the ground is rushing off to get a hands-on with the device. In the meantime, check out the image gallery below and PR after the break.