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The amazing Runkeeper is a current favorite app. I bought the Pro version to track all my fitness activities, including the new exercise routine of running three times a week. Paired with the JayBird EN1 Endorphin Rush Sound Isolating Earphones and my new Father’s Day Timex T5J031 Unisex Digital Fitness Heart Rate Monitor Watch, I’m all set.
Music, GPS, monitor. Tech = fitness.
It’s the flippant, disrespectful (using “Bruce,” not “Mr. Sewell,” the “burning a hole in our pockets” line and calling the unfortunate late-20s employee who lost the phone “the kid”) tone that permeates this letter — and, indeed, their handling of the entire ordeal — that irks me. Also, there’s no conceivable way they can claim that they didn’t know it was Apple’s property, “found” or not.
via Apple: We want our device back.
I have to agree with TUAW on this one. I found the tone of the response to be childish, at best. I’d expect a much higher level of professionalism from a group calling themselves professionals.
Overheard a few minutes ago from a crowd in a hallway:
“It’s only an 8369 ECM spectrum analyzer.” Followed by uproarious laughter.
Posted via web from On The Fly
JUPITER, Fla. – The Cardinals held their first full-squad workout Tuesday in Florida. Manager Tony La Russa began the proceedings with a team meeting, but invited the players to step up and to most of the talking.
Once on the field, top prospect Shelby Miller was a popular figure, throwing his first bullpen session of the spring. Reliever Ryan Franklin also pitched his first live batting practice session.
Slugger Albert Pujols participated in both bunting and baserunning drills. And, coming off surgery, shortstop Brendan Ryan wore a splint on his right wrist during fielding practice.
Missing the first full-squad workout was outfielder Matt Holliday, who was out sick.
Posted via web from On The Fly
A short update on the use of the 3G iPod shuffle. Very short.
It’s sitting in a drawer in my desk, unused.
While the buttons on the headphones weren’t particularly difficult to use, the shuffle turned out to be useless in the gym for another reason. After two weeks or so of use, it started randomly skipping through songs, pausing, and fast-forwarding on its own. Turns out the buttons on the headphones short easily when sweaty and aren’t sealed well enough to avoid it in the gym. (I know – Leo and the MacBreak Weekly crew just did a show mentioning sweat and the iPhone. Life is full of weird duplication.)
This seems like a very poor oversight on the part of Apple. Isn’t the Shuffle supposed to be designed for high activity? Sealing the button would make sense.
I don’t have any plans to purchase a replacement set of headphones from Apple unless that design flaw is resolved. It’s a shame, too. I did enjoy using the Shuffle in the gym, but it’s now an $80 nothing gathering dust in a drawer.
I purchased a new black iPod shuffle on the Friday after the announcement. The package arrived the following Tuesday after a short 21-hour trip from China. I put it to work the following day in the gym and have been using it regularly since. I have some firsthand thoughts, both good and bad.
My own wish list for the iPhone 3.0 announcement today.
- Cut and paste: check
- Better power management
- Background apps: sorta – push notification
- Bluetooth stereo: check
- App management tools
Not a long list, but one that would seem to be entirely realistic.
Additional good stuff: landscape in all apps, MMS, voice memos, search all Apple apps (including IMAP email searches on the server) in a dedicated screen, media scrobbling, notes sync.
Very nice set of updates. And, I’m glad they’re all within the current hardware set. I’d hate trying to justify a new phone.
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