iPhone apps for July- Runkeeper & FStream
The list of applications I have installed and kept on my iPhone this month is a bit shorter than usual, but a couple of things worth looking at all the same. I’m particularly excited about the first.
A little while ago I was all excited about Roadbud, but this month it seemed to die in a fairly dramatic way resulting in it losing all of my data. Have also had a few instances of it crashing when I’ve been out when phone calls or messages come in. I get a lot of both of those so it became something of a problem. So, I’ve switched to trying out RunKeeper. Largely the same set of features as Roadbud- it has better reporting at the end of the run, and also tells you how far over/under pace you are which I like. It doesn’t seem to have the StrongSong feature that Roadbud has though which is a shame.
What I do like about this application though is it all links back in to the RunKeeper website to store all your activities. You can see my profile here, although I have limited the public view quite a lot. Once logged in you get access to the location data, maps, etc.
The most exciting part of this for me is RunKeeper Live. An extra $20/year but it allows you to stream your GPS position out live while running so others can track you- this is going to be perfect for the marathon. It’s very cool. There’s a good demo of it on YouTube here if you like this sort of fitness related geekery.
FStream is a web radio player for iPhone. Combine this with the stream addresses of the BBC radio stations found on this website and you can listen to 6Music on your phone. It also gives you the option of streaming over the 3G connection so (providing it doesn’t use up too much of your data allowance) you can listen to radio stations on the move.
Image source- iPhone (cc licensed on Flickr by Christopher Chan)
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