Apple has so much more where Nike+ came from

Apple has a batch diagrams and patent-speak that it just shuffled past the patent office, detailing a next-generation Nike+ system that will make runners jump for joy, and non-athletes groan in agony. We're not sure if this is going to be something that Nike can just build shoes for and use existing Apple hardware, or if this'll be a reworking of the whole kit, but there's a lot of new stuff going on here. The system relies on integrating GPS and additional shoe-based sensors into the system, put to work in measuring your stride, the condition of the shoe, and perhaps even blasting you advertisements along your run route. The system can measure your velocity with accuracy in the range of 0.1 MPH, and let you know if you're a toe-planter or a heel-planter when you run. It just can't lug your lazy ass out of bed.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2008 10:55PM]

now if microsoft plays nice with apple and help out with this next endeavor, then they can introduce an achievement system into the whole nike+ deal (other than the goal system they have already for it)... link it up with xbox live and you just might penetrate the gamer market to start running, play more ddr, or be creative and use hacks so they can get their points.

what i really like about nike+ (despite company x and y having their own pedometer/etc.) is the community they built around it, which makes nike+ more interesting to me.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 2nd 2008 2:39PM]

my question is, will this one work with more ipods than just the nano? cuz that really made me mad, that shortly after i bought my video they came out with the coolest ipod accessory ever and made it only for the nano