http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/ Engadget Comments for Timex readying GPS-equipped Ironman Global Trainer wristwatch http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 25th 2010 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/
My Garmin Forerunner 305 has been a real winner over the past three years. You can find them bundled with the bike kits for around $200 last I checked or just the watch and heart rate monitor for under $150. They originally retailed for $300. I still use it for running but have since upgraded to the Garmin Edge 705 on the bike which provides me an even larger color display and maps. I would venture to guess that this new Timex unit will make the Garmin Forerunner 305 look like the real deal that it is.]]>Jan 25th 2010 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Yeah, I don't think anything can touch the 305 in the value-for-money department at current prices.

Comparing it to the 405 (since it seems to fit at least shape-wise), the screen looks kind of small on this one. Although maybe I'm just imagining that. I guess I could complain the screen is smaller than the 305/310 too but that would seem too obvious/stupid. Will be interesting to see the pricing.]]>Jan 26th 2010 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 25th 2010 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 25th 2010 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 25th 2010 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/If I wore this I would have to instantly shave my head bald, and wear tight shirts.

But yeah id rock it even if i wore it to the office - just for the heart meter... so i can be like bruce bannon when people piss me off.. "you wont like me when im angry"
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Why can't somebody build a heart rate strap that transmits in bluetooth so that an iPhone or Android can track the signal in a really good App? Almost everybody trains runs with their phone anyway.]]>Jan 25th 2010 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 25th 2010 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.saris.com/p-361-powertap-sl.aspx]]>Jan 26th 2010 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 25th 2010 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/
eating too much]]>Jan 25th 2010 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 25th 2010 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Being chased.
]]>Jan 25th 2010 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 25th 2010 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 25th 2010 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Maybe they could make a model with a kinetic charger built-in. When you walk/run and actually use the GPS, it could have all the power needed without draining a battery.]]>Jan 25th 2010 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/
I have a Garmin Forerunner 305 and the battery can last the whole day out on a triathlon course. But what I'd like to see is for these GPS watches to have some standby features like a clock and stopwatch. Just like my Palm Treo Pro has when it's shutoff but still shows the time on the screen.]]>Jan 25th 2010 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 25th 2010 11:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/
The Garmin Forerunner 405 also doesn't fit on a big wrist the way it was designed.]]>Jan 26th 2010 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 26th 2010 4:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/
Considering all that these watches do, a whole day is amazing. I absolutely LOVE my Forerunner 305 and am still amazed at all that it can do. Except for ultramarathoners or ironman triatheletes, why would you need more battery life than a few hours worth. It's not like these watches are meant for normal, day to day use.]]>Jan 26th 2010 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/

BTW, my WM phone can survive for about 24 hours in this mode, with the rest of the functionality being off, unless i take it into a building, in this case it simply tries to acquire the sat fix, endlessly, and wastes its juice for nothing. A non-stop tracking on the same phone, with everything else turned off, but the GPS being on all the time, with something like oziexplorer running on the background, kills the thing in less than 5 hours.
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More issues would be how water-resistant, is the battery user-replaceable, and how is the accompanying software? ANT+ is not an excuse to have zero software.

Such a device is probably going to be in the $200-400 range. Would be nice to have more competition in the space. An athlete tracker would also be cool - the ability to externally track your GPS feed (a la child tracker 2000).]]>Jan 25th 2010 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 25th 2010 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 25th 2010 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 25th 2010 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 25th 2010 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/
Here is my Ironman technique. I don't wear the watch into the water since it not only gets in the way of my stroke but also my wetsuit unless I'm wearing a john (sleeveless).

On the bike I use my Garmin Edge 705 since it provides me a bigger screen and more data fields.

Running out of T2 I'm strapping on my Garmin Forerunner 305.

I could finish in 17 hours and still have plenty of juice along with all of my personal race data I'm looking for.]]>Jan 25th 2010 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 26th 2010 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/I'm with you, sporttracks is fantastic as a third party option. I'm sure it'll work here too.
Also, one could argue that garmin effectively had "zero software" up until they got their garmin connect service running.]]>Jan 26th 2010 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/
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I expect it to cost more than the Garmins, since it has the SiRFstarIII chip and the Garmin 305, 310, & 405 have the SiRFstar 2. One of the big selling points of the Garmin 310 is that the battery life is long enough to last an entire triathlon.

What advantages does the 3rd generation SiRFstar chip has over the older ones? I'm assuming it is physically smaller and uses less power.

Also while the watch itself is important the web site where you can download the watch's data and track your activities(i.e. Garmin Connect) plays a big role in how useful it is as a training tool. ]]>Jan 25th 2010 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 26th 2010 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 25th 2010 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Are you high?]]>Jan 25th 2010 8:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 25th 2010 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 25th 2010 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/
Lousy timing.

This looks so much better than anything else out there.

I will definitely be keeping my eye on this one.]]>Jan 25th 2010 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 25th 2010 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 25th 2010 11:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 26th 2010 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 26th 2010 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/
I actually work for Timex and I'll make sure the team working on this is aware of your comments. I've messed around with it a bit, but I haven't been able to run with it. One of my coworkers has and I'll get his feedback and repost. Let me know if you have any questions and I'll see if I can answer them.]]>Jan 26th 2010 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/
Sorry - I've been watching Star Trek: TNG reruns... :)]]>Jan 27th 2010 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/timex-readying-gps-equipped-ironman-global-trainer-wristwatch/Jan 30th 2010 3:20PM