The Nokia smartphone in your pocket is so much more than a phone, it's a communicator, a camera and with the help of sat-nav you can keep tabs on where you are. What's more, with the latest apps from the Nokia Ovi Store, it's also a great way to keep tabs on how healthy you are. Join us as we check out the Top Five Free Nokia Apps for Sport and Fitness...
You used to be able to use a mobile phone to keep fit back in the 1980's, but only because they were so big that you could use them as ersatz training weights. Nowadays the typical Nokia smartphone is a little more capable - read on to see how Nokia apps can help with your sporting pursuits.
Heart Rate Monitor
Size: 0.048 MB
Price: Free
This is an oddly low-tech solution, but in the absence of a proper heartrate sensor add-on it will have to do. Tap the screen of your touch-sensitive Nokia in time with your pulse and the app will calculate your heart rate for you.
RaceChrono
Size: 0.606 MB
Price: Free
Race Chrono is lap timer with a difference. It uses your phone's GPS receiver to pinpoint your progress on the track and mark your lap times accordingly. the developers say it is ideally suited for tracking motorsports, although this version will expire next May and need to be renewed (also for free).
Nokia Sports Tracker
Size:
Price: Free
DOWNLOAD: Nokia Sports Tracker
The Beta of Nokia Sports Tracker is bound to end up in the Ovi family at some point. Til then it is a free download, though you will need to create a login to upload and track your data. The app uses your GPS to track where you go running and display a route map that you can tag with photos and notes. You can graph your progress and share data with other users. Nokia re planning on letting you display the data on your blog or Facebook page via a widget.
Endomondo Tracker
Size: 1.137 MB
Price: Free
Similar to Nokia Sorts Tracker, Endomondo lets you select a distance-based sport (e.g. running, biking, hiking or kayaking) and tracks your progress via GPS when you are out training. The software works with the Endomondo website to track your performance and manage goals for your training. All routes and progress can be tracked on a map and shared with other.
Soccer
Size: 0.358 MB
Price: Free
If all this activity is a bit much for you, Soccer will let you enjoy the beautiful game from your beautiful sofa. You can keep up to date with your team's progress and premiership news, track live games and chat to other fans. You can even use the app to boo the opposing team.
Before you can download most of these apps you'll need to register your device with Ovi Store, which also entitles you to updates and message alerts from Nokia and is a great way of keeping abreast of what's going on at the Ovi Store.