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This gadget will make the Garmin Forerunner seem like a commodore 64! (Read 1271 times)

McRat


Fool

    posted: 5/22/2009 at 8:34 AM
    When they make one that shoots laser beams, all of my childhood dreams for technology will be realized. We live in interesting times.
    Phidippides


      posted: 5/22/2009 at 8:40 AM
      Pretty clunky looking to me....DeadDead I think i would just as soon carry my laptop with my wireless internet connection -- maybe I could update my facebook page while I was running......(take pictures during a race an upload them on face book so my friends could monitor my progress).... My $.02 is that this device is just entirely too much technology for an activity that is really low tech........but that's just me.....

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      Strings_n_88keys


      meh

        posted: 5/22/2009 at 8:48 AM
        Quote from zoom-zoom on 5/22/2009 at 8:16 AM:
        I think I'd rather have this: I could strap it to my back and grab it whenever something strikes me as interesting. I could update that weird things on the ground thread in real-time. That would be cool.
        Nah... no one will ever do something as inane as that. Oh wait.... http://twitter.com http://twitpic.com http://brightkite.com
        SprTb


        who knows...

          posted: 5/22/2009 at 9:57 AM
          modified: 5/22/2009 at 9:57 AM
          Quote from Phidippides on 5/22/2009 at 8:40 AM:
          Pretty clunky looking to me....DeadDead I think i would just as soon carry my laptop with my wireless internet connection -- maybe I could update my facebook page while I was running......(take pictures during a race an upload them on face book so my friends could monitor my progress).... My $.02 is that this device is just entirely too much technology for an activity that is really low tech........but that's just me.....
          I've actually played around with having a crew member (OK, significant other) update my facebook page with pictures and text posts via a Blackberry--such posts are limited to the perspective of the crew member. Of course, I doubt I would ever do it myself...don't know if I would have the patience. The posts end up reading like box scores in baseball.
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          Batensmack


          Beware, batbear...

            posted: 5/22/2009 at 1:29 PM
            Quote from Trent on 5/21/2009 at 10:06 PM:
            A Thneed's a Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need! It's a shirt. It's a sock. It's a glove. It's a hat. But it has OTHER uses. Yes, far beyond that. You can use it for carpets. For pillows! For sheets! Or curtains! Or covers for bicycle seats!
            And I thought you just did Poe...

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            spaniel


            Feeling the growl again

              posted: 5/22/2009 at 2:34 PM
              modified: 5/22/2009 at 2:37 PM
              Quote from Trent on 5/21/2009 at 8:16 PM:
              No, you can't. Unless the ultra is run entirely within a LAN.
              3G........ May not work for Leadville or Western States, but it'd cover some of them... ETA: Nope, guess not 3G capable. What a piece of junk... Big grin Really, why make a "powerful" wearable computer that can't connect to 3G???

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              wyerock


                posted: 5/22/2009 at 2:40 PM
                Quote from Trent on 5/21/2009 at 8:16 PM:
                No, you can't. Unless the ultra is run entirely within a LAN.
                I would obviously have Bluetooth tethering enabled on my phone. That way, my smaller, faster phone with more memory, better software, and half the weight will be relegated to shuffling data around so that I can do whatever it is I'm supposed to do with that thing strapped to my arm. Unfortunately, it doesn't have HRM, so +1 to Garmin Forerunner.
                m1ke


                  posted: 6/2/2009 at 7:16 PM
                  Hmmmm....It is running Windows CE. The last thing I need on a run is a Virus, blue screen of death, or rebooting every couple miles.

                   

                  I will stick to my 305.

                   

                  Mike


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