Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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Does anybody use this?
Just downloaded the app and had a little play with it. Think I'll go for a bike ride tomorrow as its supposed to track your route. You can link it to your account on the website and it shows the route on a map. Sounds cool, if it works.
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Tommy L
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
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I just seen the advert too 
About to download and have a look into it
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Dan
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Registered: 22nd Apr 02
Location: Gorleston on Sea, Norfolk
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Used to use map my run. That was pretty good. This is similar by looks of it
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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Well just tested this with a quick bike ride and I'm very impressed. It's totally free too! It uses a GPS sensor in the phone and Google Maps to show where you went, how fast you went there, and how high you climbed. It breaks it all down into graphs, and you can save all your workouts to a calendar so you can analyse everything.
Well worth a go if you like running or cycling.
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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My runs would just look like this:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Bullring,+Birmingham&sll=52.484766,-1.891665&sspn=0.020411,0.038409&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bullring&z=16
Does it do anything else other than tracking?
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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Climb, average speed, top speed, calories, and it has a personal trainer which can be programmed into a workput plan.
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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I might have to have a go at this. I'm not sure how well it'll work though as where I go cycling in the Lakes I rarely have phone signal?
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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tracks it on gps so should be ok mwg?
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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Cool. Wasn't sure if the GPS on the iPhone was linked to the phones signal or not I'll have to give it a go!
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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It sort of does rely on/use mobile phone signal...
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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It can still get a GPS fix without being assisted.
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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Mine gets low gps signal when i'm in MK, so not sure what the Lakes would be like.
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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I've downloaded it so if I remember when I go out this week I'll give it a spin, see how it copes with the mountains.
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Should get excellent gps signal out in the open, only problem would be getting the first fix if it can't use the internet to be assisted at the start.
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Demo
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Registered: 27th Sep 01
Location: south wales Drives: astra sri ecoflex
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im sure it doesnt need a phone signal to track on gps
ive done a few trails with the "trails" app that tracks and plots using gps and have had no signal whatsoever but its still worked fine
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