Nokia Sports Tracker Improvements

The last time I used Nokia Sports Tracker, it was good, but a smidgen rough around the edges.  The initial glee that was felt when I realised I could track myself using my phone, and then share said plots with other people was quickly overshadowed by the 'quirks'.

However, the big downside was that I used to use it on my N95.  What was the achilles heal of the old N95?  Yes, the battery.  We all know that the battery was hardly up to the job of making calls, let alone doing really geeky stuff like finding satellites in space.

So Sport Tracker became one of those applications that I always had installed, but rarely used.  If I'm honest I'm much better at procrastinating than I am running up a hill, so this possibly also doesn't help it's plight.

Anyway.  Summer is here, and summer means two or three days of sunny skies for us in the UK, so I thought I'd best dust off my bike, give the chail a bit of oil, and download the latest version of the application.  The big difference this summer is that my N95 is no more, relegated to HSDPA modem duties.  My trusty steed now is the venerable N82.  For those of you who don't know, the N82 can last more than 10 minutes with the GPS on, so should be ideal for tacking my sports.

So today I fired up Sports Tracker and headed off on the Norco Bigfoot for a shakedown.  My bike had been in storage for the last 3 years, so this was my chance to iron out any glitches before hitting the Twrch Trail tomorrow.

The application is very similar to the one that was initially realeased, and works well, without the annoying bugs.  You just chose your particular sport, wait for the GPS to lock up, click start and away you go.  It really is as simply as that.

I just pop my N82 into my shorts pocket, and start making tracks.

Stopping on the way and taking some photo's on the way is no bother.  When you have completed your exercise, the application will search your photo's and ask if you would like to add them to your route.

The biggest improvements though are on the Sports Tracker website.  You can create an account (for free) and then you can upload your routes, and share them with whoever you so chose.   It will also upload items such as your top speed, height, and even the photo's that you took on the way round!

You can check out the route I took on my shakedown today, and you can download the application HERE.

So what are you waiting for?