New in the Nokia Ovi Store is Sports Tracker, from Sports Tracking Technologies (STT). STT is the company founded by Jussi Kaasinen and Ykä Huhtala, who originally created Sports Tracker for Nokia as part of a Nokia Research project, to spin the concept out into a separate company. For those that remember the old Sports tracker, this has all the usual track and workout logging facilities, plus mapping, courtesy of OpenStreetMap (and loaded ad-hoc) and extras like a countdown to sunset, and additional export options. Links, comments and screens below.
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Great news! I almost gave up on sportstracker, but hope they can now revitalise it 😊
So the old phones and users with N79 Active get left behind.
I am just glad that the old sports tracker on my n79 active still works, but who knows how long they will support the old service.
Using openstreetmaps is a good choice though.
The previous maps were better... No so good looking, but with more details in landfield roads...
We still can't import tracks from another systems (like gpx or kml)... For someone that used sportstracker as GPS this is very usefull, because you can make a track that your friends (without Nokias) have done before...
We can't add activities...
But, this is just the start!
Sportstraker is looking really good.
We can still use simultaneously the previous versions.
good to see this updated. i'm very fond of sports tracker.
i have noticed though that it is not too accurate. when running with a friend with a garmin gps watch sports tracker says i've run further! i've also downloaded endomondo to run side by side with sports tracker on the same run and i get the same differing results. so for more accurate results, endomondo is better. hopefully sports tracker can tighten up the algorithms they use, to match endomondo.
regards,
aidan
btw off topic, does anyone know when the Nokia n8 will be launched/ announced?
I'm so glad that they've released a new version (although since I use an N82 I'd have liked to see 3rd Edition support).
The online services are really key to it as well.
One thing I don't get is the limited support for the heart rate monitor. You cannot buy the Polar one from Nokia, it is only packaged up with the N79. Polar also have refused to sell the bluetooth heart rate monitor separately.
I really hope that they do a version for MeeGo/Maemo.
I'd echo that it is a shame that there's no 3rd Edition support, as an N79 user, and that whilst the old Nokia version still works and the online service is still going, at some point it will no doubt disappear in future. One of the reasons I got rid of my 5230 within 3 weeks of purchase was that Sports Tracker wasn't working. Having said that, the screen was so bad I went back to my N79 anyway!!
Great!, Hope the boys behind Nokia Internet Radio do something similar.
Will this application work with the Sony Ericsson Satio and Samsung Omnia HD?
Bugs me no end when an application will not run on either these two phones yet use the same operating system without hacking the phone. Madness!
How is it madness? Why do you expect Nokia to allow their applications to work on Samsung or Sony Ericsson phones?
Seriously, what you said was silly.
if you have a satio or non nokia phone, use endomondo, it's more accurate!
it has all the features sports tracker has and i think overtaken it to be honest. i have a nokia n82 and i only use endomondo as sports tracker is really out.
aidan
I don't know about this new version, but previous versions of Nokia's Sportstracker work on hacked i8910's and Satios...
Does anyone know any other third party bluetooth heartrate monitors that work with this new version of sports tracker? Seeing as the original "polar for nokia" is not for sale and impossible to get, i wonder if another one is compatible.
I don't think there are many bluetooth heart rate monitors. It's very puzzling the whole situation. I've only done research into the Polar one, and I'm sure if there was an alternative for use with Sports Tracker somebody would've mentioned it in those threads -- sucks I know.
I have the Zephr HXM bluetooth heart rate monitor, great piece of kit, unfortunately doesn't work with Sportstracker (hopefully they will sort it out sometime). Works with eCoach on the N900, and the spectacular Run.gps on Android and Windows Mobile (I currently have it on my HD2, and as a longtime Sportstracker user I have to say that Run.gps owns Sportstracker).
@dannieboy: Yes, this new Sports Tracker works fine on the i8910 HD. At least on mine 8-)
When STT gets their web site updated, I'm sure it'll be an official download for all S60 5th Edition phones.
slitchfield wrote:@dannieboy: Yes, this new Sports Tracker works fine on the i8910 HD. At least on mine 8-)
Steve, when you say yours, i assume you mean the one with the modified custom firmware, right?
Great news! I've been a heavy Sports Tracker user over the years. Very cool to see they use OSM for their maps.
Anyone got a contact with these guys, I'd like to ask if they could contribute their OSM engine to Symbian.
And is there some way to buy the bluetooth pulse monitor? I believe it was only sold with N79 sports edition, or something like that, but I'd like it with my 5800.
The new Sportstracker release is excellent news, I've been using it to record my running and cycling since September 2007 and it's rarely let me down (apart from getting submerged in black, muddy ditch water - and I wear it in an Aquapac waterproof armband now).
According to Jussi, the version for S60 v3 FP2 will be uploaded onto the OVI store early next week and should be available by the end of the week.
VoReason wrote:How is it madness? Why do you expect Nokia to allow their applications to work on Samsung or Sony Ericsson phones?Seriously, what you said was silly.
Sports Tracking Technologies has been spun off into a separate company. Since they aren't Nokia, it's not that far fetched that they try to maximise their market by supporting all Symbian^1 handsets.
Considering that the option for pairing a bluetooth heart rate monitor is now present in the settings menu, I would assume that there is a plan to enable the use of HRMs besides the polar for nokia one.
Also these guys http://www.mobimotion.com/index.php?id=brustgurt&L=1 provide a SDK that supports symbian, so hopefully there'll be something available in the near future.
Just a quick note to let everyone know that there is a problem with the GPS positioning in Sports Tracker when using Map Booster on the N97. Sports Tracker incorrectly reports that the GPS reception is good but will only report the location as 0 degrees East, 0 degrees North. Bizarrely the map data has this location labelled as the South Pole. Anyway this can be resolved through a workaround of turning off the Map Booster positioning method.
Hopefully this will be resolved in a future update (and like other posters have stated hopefully the Polar Bluetooth HRM will be released for general sale).
Why are you people happy with the map change? This maps are really bad!
jmvdinis wrote:Why are you people happy with the map change? This maps are really bad!
This is a fantastic move, as the trails people leave when running can then be fed into OpenStreetMap, to enhance the maps further. OpenStreetMap is, as the name implies, the wiki of GPS data, a totally open street map, driven entirely by the community, not a 'we'll let you use it for free, but you have to abide by these conditions, and we could change our mind at any point if you decide to compete with us' google or nokia 'free' product. Open street map is licensed such that the maps will always be available for free. No ads, no crap, no 'benevolant' search or phone giant propped up behind them, just maps, which are getting better all the time. fwiw, the maps have gotten a LOT better lately, and with all the extra data they'll be collecting, expect even further advances. and if it doesn't have your street name right.. Just login and fix it!
http://www.openstreetmap.org/
When I had my E71 and then N97 this was my most used and by far favorite app. Now I am using a N900 and wish they had one for that device. eCoach is a terrible app in comparison.
I'd certainly like to see advice on Bluetooth heart rate monitors, and wider support. Also an FP1 version would give them a confirmed sale from me. As I've said above, would love to see a Maemo version eventually. SportsTracker is excellent.
At first I was excited, and then I reliased that it was for S60 5th. And now I am sad.
Unregistered wrote:At first I was excited, and then I reliased that it was for S60 5th. And now I am sad.
Hi, As per my earlier post, I got a reply from Jussi at STT yesterday morning and he said that a version for non touch (S60 v3 FP2) handsets would be available on the OVI store later next week, maybe FP1 won't be too far behind?
I also have an i8910 and may try it out.
I've recently started weight training again after a multi-year layoff; is Sports Tracker good for that, i.e. tracking sets/reps/weight? It looks largely focused on running.