Sports Tracker, earlier Nokia Sports Tracker, was originally a software tool for
Symbian Series 60 phones (particularly those that included a
GPS
The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of the global navigation satellite sy ...
facility such as the
Nokia N95
The Nokia N95 is a smartphone produced by Nokia as part of their Nseries line of portable devices. Announced in September 2006, it was released to the market in March 2007. The N95 ran S60 3rd Edition, on Symbian OS v9.2. It has a two-way sli ...
, or bluetooth phones with the addition of a bluetooth-compatible GPS receiver) that allowed its user to track their route, speed, timings and energy expenditure, while engaging in a sport activity such as
running
Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. Running is a type of gait characterized by an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is ...
,
jogging
Jogging is a form of trotting or running at a slow or leisurely pace. The main intention is to increase physical fitness with less stress on the body than from faster running but more than walking, or to maintain a steady speed for longer periods ...
or
cycling
Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from t ...
.
Nokia announced that Nokia Sports Tracker was closed in June 2010, but the application was continued by Sports Tracking Technologies Ltd. simply as ''Sports Tracker'', which was set up by three people from the team in Nokia. It is now available for
iPhone and
Android devices and allows its user to track and analyze their performance and to share workout data and photos with its friends.
Sports Tracker now available for Windows Phone + win a Nokia Lumia 800!
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In 2015, the company was acquired by Amer Sport
as part of the group digital acceleration.
In 2019, the company was joined the Chinese group Anta Sports
Anta Sports Products Limited is a Chinese sports equipment multinational corporation headquartered in Jinjiang. It is the world's largest purely sports equipment company by revenue and third-largest manufacturer of sporting goods overall, behind ...
,[Sports Tracker, ''Owner update'', 2019 hina’s Anta Sports closes in on €5.6bn takeover of Finland’s Amer, https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/07/22/1885922/0/en/Change-in-Amer-Sports-Corporation-s-financial-reporting-schedule.html , https://www.chicagobusiness.com/consumer-products/wilson-sporting-goods-parent-be-acquired-52-billion ]
, https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/15393732 with sister brands Wilson Sporting Goods, Wilson, Atomic, Suunto
Suunto Oy is a Finnish company that manufactures and markets sports watches, dive computers, compasses and precision instruments. Headquartered in Vantaa, Finland, Suunto employs more than 300 people worldwide, and its products are sold in over ...
, Precor, and Arc'teryx
Arc'teryx is a Canadian high-end design company specializing in outdoor apparel and equipment headquartered in North Vancouver, Canada. It focuses on technical apparel for mountaineering and Alpine sports, including related accessories. The com ...
as part of the purchase of Amer Sports.
Service accuracy
In 2013, a study was conducted on the accuracy of trackers on smartphones, where the work of ten different services was analyzed. According to these results, Sports Tracker ranked 2nd-4th in distance accuracy, and 9th in elevation difference .
See also
* Google Fit
Google Fit is a health-tracking platform developed by Google for the Android operating system, Wear OS and Apple Inc.'s iOS. It is a single set of APIs that blends data from multiple apps and devices. Google Fit uses sensors in a user's act ...
* MSN Health & Fitness
* Apple Health
* Strava
Strava is an American internet service for tracking physical exercise which incorporates social network features. It is mostly used for cycling and running using Global Positioning System data. Strava uses a freemium model with some features on ...
* Endomondo
Endomondo was a social fitness network created by Endomondo LLC which allowed users to track their fitness and health statistics with a mobile application and website. Endomondo launched in 2007 with the goal of motivating people to lead healthier ...
* Runkeeper
Runkeeper is a GPS fitness-tracking app for iOS and Android launched in 2008. In late 2011, Runkeeper secured $10 million in a Series B financing, led by Spark Capital. In February 2016, Runkeeper was acquired by ASICS.
Functions
Runkeeper ...
References
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