Comments on: A Great High-Tech Pedometer – Omron HJ-720ITC

By: Hugh

Hugh — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:13:42 +0000

We created a competition at work around walking using pedometers. Each person got a pedometer and tracks their steps, we then divide up into teams and try to see who can walk across America the first. You have to manually enter the steps in each day, but it’s only 1 number so it takes you a couple of seconds (probably longer than it would take to plug the USB device in)

[walkacrossusa.com]

By: Kevin J

Kevin J — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:21:56 +0000

Ryan wrote:

Richard wrote:
Swimming, Running, British Football Not (American Football) and walking my dog
Interesting fact about me: I don’t know how to swim. :) I’ve tried to, but it never works out.
Kevin J wrote:
I have the Nike+iPod thing; I have a sensor in my shoe and a receiver plugged in to my Nano, and it tells you how fast you go and your pace, etc. It has all sorts of fun features and stuff.
That does look pretty cool, but my iPod is pretty old and doesn’t support that. I could definitely see how that would be perfect with the Nano though.

Actually, it ONLY works with the Nano.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:35:13 +0000

Richard wrote:

Swimming, Running, British Football Not (American Football) and walking my dog

Interesting fact about me: I don’t know how to swim. I’ve tried to, but it never works out.

Kevin J wrote:

I have the Nike+iPod thing; I have a sensor in my shoe and a receiver plugged in to my Nano, and it tells you how fast you go and your pace, etc. It has all sorts of fun features and stuff.

That does look pretty cool, but my iPod is pretty old and doesn’t support that. I could definitely see how that would be perfect with the Nano though.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:50:58 +0000

If you’ve read the comments at Matt’s blog, then you may know that our company WalkingSpree.com, the only North American distribution partner of the web based version takes that pedometer and offers an online program to upgrade from the pc software. We provide a walking community with access to personal trainers and food tracking and other health related tracking. A vista beta is available and hopefully a mac version in the future. It’s a fabulous pedometer and you can’t go wrong with it, but for those who want more from it, then a dynamic web program replaces the ITC software well. The flash drive suggestion is one that has been made many times and with our partnership with Omron, who knows what the future will hold.

By: Kevin J

Kevin J — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:19:57 +0000

I have the Nike+iPod thing; I have a sensor in my shoe and a receiver plugged in to my Nano, and it tells you how fast you go and your pace, etc. It has all sorts of fun features and stuff.

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:55:02 +0000

“Now, we know all of you don’t sit in front of your computers 24 hours a day, so what do you do in your free time to stay active?”

Swimming, Running, British Football Not (American Football) and walking my dog