Sports Tracker Explained

Sports Tracker
Developer:Sports Tracking Technologies Ltd.
Genre:Health informatics, physical fitness
License:Freemium

Sports Tracker, earlier Nokia Sports Tracker, was originally a software tool for Symbian Series 60 phones (particularly those that included a GPS facility such as the Nokia N95, or bluetooth phones with the addition of a bluetooth-compatible GPS receiver) that allowed its user to track their route, speed, timings and energy expenditure,[1] while engaging in a sport activity such as running, jogging or cycling.[2]

Nokia announced that Nokia Sports Tracker was closed in June 2010,[3] but the application was continued by Sports Tracking Technologies Ltd. simply as Sports Tracker, which was set up by three people from the team in Nokia. It is now available for iPhone and Android devices and allows its user to track and analyze their performance and to share workout data and photos with its friends.[4] [5]

In 2015, the company was acquired by Amer Sports, as part of the group digital acceleration.[6]

In 2019, the company was joined the Chinese group Anta Sports,[7] with sister brands Wilson, Atomic, Suunto, Precor, and Arc'teryx as part of the purchase of Amer Sports.

Service accuracy

In 2013, a study was conducted on the accuracy of trackers on smartphones, where the work of ten different services was analyzed. According to these results, Sports Tracker ranked 2nd-4th in distance accuracy, and 9th in elevation difference.[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nokia Sports Tracker - Looking for a personal trainer?. 25 July 2008. pocket-lint.co.uk. 27 February 2013. 21 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210221073105/https://www.pocket-lint.com/phones/reviews/nokia/70414-nokia-sports-tracker-mobile-application. dead.
  2. Web site: Nokia Sports Tracker review. Stuff.tv. Haymarket Media Group. 27 February 2013. 4 August 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100804051318/http://stuff.tv/blogs/sport/archive/2008/06/26/nokia-sports-tracker.aspx. dead.
  3. https://sportstracker.nokia.com/nts Announcement of Closure and Transfer
  4. Web site: Sports Tracker Coming To iPhone And Android . 6 August 2015 . 23 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923173643/http://www.arcticstartup.com/article/sports-tracker-coming-to-iphone-and-android . dead .
  5. Web site: Sports Tracker now available for Windows Phone + win a Nokia Lumia 800! . 6 August 2015 . 4 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180504205948/http://www.sports-tracker.com/blog/2011/12/16/sports-tracker-now-available-for-windows-phone-win-a-nokia-lumia-800/ . dead .
  6. Web site: News and stories from our global community . 2023-09-07 . Amer Sports . en-US.
  7. Sports Tracker, Owner update, 2019 [China’s Anta Sports closes in on €5.6bn takeover of Finland’s Amer] | https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/07/22/1885922/0/en/Change-in-Amer-Sports-Corporation-s-financial-reporting-schedule.html | https://www.chicagobusiness.com/consumer-products/wilson-sporting-goods-parent-be-acquired-52-billion | https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/15393732 | https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/15393732
  8. Book: Bauer . Christine . Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing & Multimedia - MoMM '13 . On the (In-)Accuracy of GPS Measures of Smartphones: A Study of Running Tracking Applications . 2013 . 3337–339 . 10.1145/2536853.2536893 . 9781450321068 . 2860095 . https://doi.org/10.1145/2536853.2536893 . 3 January 2023 . bauer2013.

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