The World Famous Small Dog Garage Sale
It’s that time of the year again! Our famous Garage Sale is happening now!!!
Over the past few weeks, we’ve scoured the warehouse from top to bottom searching for the coolest closeout deals. We’ve emerged with all sorts of Mac goodies in addition to some dusty 78s, a candle holder and some truly fantastic hand knit doilies – just kidding! (or am I?)
Orders will be taken ONLINE ONLY via our website, and there are NO PHONE ORDERS PERMITTED.
These deals won’t last long, so get while the getting’s good!
Alright, after reading the blog above, I do have to agree that this was a pretty neat collaboration and PERFECT $$ making machine for the two companies. That’s why I jumped and bought myself a NANO (when I have a Mini/Shuffle already) and a pair of Nike+ just to get this PEDOMETER/ACCELOROMETER feature. I spent about $350 altogether, not that cheap so let’s hope the return meets the objective. I must commend Nike and Apple on such a neat collaboration and beautifully crafted Marketing Strategy catered to a market niche.
However, I have several questions and COMPLAINTS. Yes, complaints…which I could not find one blog or review that helped me address them. Contacting NikePlus was a disappointing experience. So, if someoone knows the answers, please let me know.
Here they are:
1. How in the world can you tell when the Sleep/Wake button is ‘OFF’? (You are supposed to turn it off when you hop on an airplane, which is weekly for me, and there is no way of telling unless you mess with options on your iPod pretending like youre going to run and then it will tell you your sensor is off)
2. How long is the battery life? (I was told from NikePlus it was 3 months and then was told over two years if I only use it for an hour a day). Two different of a spread for me to believe either of the NikePlus reps. “If it is 3 months, NikePlus better soon come up some kind of pricing for people who already own a kit. Otherwise, it will be clearly evident that Nike and Apple care more about their bottom line than their customer needs.
3. I asked if they were going to come up with replacement batteries in the price point range of like $5-10 as with most battery sensors vs buying another kit. The answer was: NO. You MUST buy another kit. Let’s hope NikePlus comes up with a replacement plan that doesnt involve buying a new sensor and receiver. The only thing that needs replacing is the SENSOR, however obvious that may be!!
Cindy Lu
Aug 16th, 2006 at 9:22 pm
Oh yeah, I forgot to add that I tested it on a treadmill today for the first time.
It was over a half mile incorrect. My iPod tracked that I did 4 miles when the treadmill displayed 3.5 miles.
My runs outside have been pretty accurate, so I will keep trying the treadmill and calibrate again.
Hope this works.
saw a pretty cool site,
http://www.nikepluseditor.com.
supposed to help with editing workouts
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Nike+ technology is really a great creation. I never have too many compliments for shoes. before Nike+ shoes.
I hope this isn’t too little too short. the battery life on the nike plus is about 2 years, that is how long mine lasted. you need to turn it off by holding the button on the back for 5 seconds, this will help preserve the battery life.
as far as the accuracy goes you need to calibrate the sensor to your own pace, you can do this by walking or running. with your ipod, goto nikeplus ipod, settings, sensor, calibrate. then walk. this will make your runs more accurate. also using a treadmill is inaccurate to begin with because they are made to measure the average male’s stride.
they do sell just the sensor if you need to replace it, you can find it on the apple store website as well as the nike website for $19. i just bought a replacement.
hope this helps anyone who has had these problems…..
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i turned my sensor off. but i am having troubles turning it back on. any hints or suggestions on getting it back and synced to the ipod (or in my case, the sportband)?
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