Nike + iPod Sport Kit for iPod nano Reviews and Guides

Nike + iPod Sport Kit (or Nike plus iPod Sport Kit) is an electronic gear that transforms your iPod nano into a personal workout coach or companion which provides real-time, spoken feedback that alerts you to workout milestones. Nike plus iPod Sport Kit has a wireless sensor for Nike+ shoes and wireless receiver for iPod nano, so for the full functionalities and features of Nike + iPod, you will also need a pair of Nike+ shoes which feature a built-in pocket under the insole specially engineered for the Nike + iPod sensor, and of course, an iPod nano. The sensor uses a sensitive accelerometer to measure your activity, then wirelessly transfers this data to the receiver that’s plugged into the dock connector on your iPod nano.

Once the iPod nano is connected with the Nike + iPod receiver and the sensor been put in the Nike+ shoes, the Nike + iPod nano will start to track your running time, distance, pace, and calories burned. If you choose, real-time, spoken feedback can even alert you to milestones throughout your workout, together with your favorite music in play. After the exercise, you can also track your performance on your Mac or PC by synchronizing and transfering the workout data to iTunes and nikeplus.com for your performance history or anlyzing, goals setting, sharing or challenge with friends and more. On nikeplus.com, your results are also connected to all runners from all over world, thus you’re indirectly in a virtual race online. Nike plus iPod nano Sport Kit works on 1G and 2G of iPod nano.

Lance Armstrong discusses and demonstrates the new Nike+iPod technology.

A commercial video clip showing how Nike+iPod works.

TV commercial video ad for iPod plus Nike.

Learn how to use NikePlus in your iPod nano in this Run with your iPod video to set the target distance, time or calories burnout.

Learn how to sync your run with NikePlus.com and iTunes guide.

If you still have no idea on how the Nike+iPod works, here is the getting started video clip for step-by-step tutorial for Mac and Windows PC, in 3 simple steps.

Learn how to set a Goal with NikePlus

Learn how to Learn how to challenge your friends on nikeplus.com

You can also compare your workout data and results with the runners from over the world. This video shows you how.

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