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Nike+ SportsWatch GPS Hands On: Slapscreen Counts Your Laps

by Thomas Houston on January 6, 2011 at 05:50 AM

Nike's been connecting and tracking runners since the 2006 launch of the Nike+ line of running products, and this year it's finally launching a GPS-enabled watch that tracks location, pace and heart rate. The SportsWatch, developed in cooperation with TomTom, has a large, black and white dot matrix display that's easily readable at a glance. It's also slap-enabled; just hit the face to activate the backlight or register a lap during your run. Instead of a touch interface, three buttons control the simple menu system. We browsed through the settings and options, and found it easy enough to quickly switch, for example, from GPS to the traditional foot sensor (for when you're running inside, or in a place where you know you can't get a decent GPS lock). While there still isn't automatic wireless syncing for your run, Nike ingeniously decided to hide the USB plug in the end of the wrist band. SportsWatch GPS is rated for nine hours of actual battery time, and will make any pavement pounder into a satisfied runner.

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