When the iPhone came out, I was stoked, I picked one up (shortly after the lines subsided). When the 3G came out, again, I was stoked, the GPS feature made it a very useful accessory for me to have. The one problem with both of these was the fact that they were incompatible with the Nike+ running system. Nike+ is the one thing that makes me want to workout. Without some tech stuff or gadgetry involved, working out just isn’t fun for me, so I just don’t do it.
Now with all of the new iPhone 3GS press releases and announcements, I’ve learned that the iPhone 3.0 OS will support Nike+, but it sounds like it will only be available on the iPhone 3GS. Does this mean that I’m going to have to shell out a couple hundred bucks to get a brand new iPhone even though my iPhone 3G is only 6 months old? What a waste! Why wouldn’t you be able to use the Nike+ system with the iPhone 3G? It doesn’t make any sense.
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julie
June 22nd, 2009 at 10:38 am
1I am waiting for someone smarter than me to find a cheat and make thier own. The required shoe with the place to insert the pod has already been broken. I have read that it is just blue tooth. Someone break this. Everyone wants it and if apple doesn’t want to give it to us lets take it.
i.nconspicuo.us
June 22nd, 2009 at 3:35 pm
2Hi Julie -
I’m glad to hear that someone is on the same page as me, however, I just read somewhere that Nike+ hasn’t been supported on previous versions of the iPhone because the iPhone has not ever had the capability to run applications in the backround. i.e. when you receive a phone call, it would interrupt your workout, thus requiring you to have to start it over. With the new iPhone 3G S, Nike+ will be able to continue running in the backround allowing your workout to continue even if you receive a call and pick it up.
I’d still like to see Nike+ ported to the iPhone 3G and the original iPhone. I wouldn’t have a problem switching my phone to Airplane Mode prior to starting a run, I think that’d solve the problem, but I guess Apple doesn’t want to support it.
Until they do, or until I buy a new iPhone 3G S, I guess I’ll just keep using my iPod Nano.
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