Sports Tracker

Sports Tracker
Developer(s)Sports Tracking Technologies Ltd.
Initial release2007; 17 years ago (2007)
Operating system
TypeHealth informatics, physical fitness
LicenseFreemium
Websitesports-tracker.com

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

References

  1. ^ "Nokia Sports Tracker - Looking for a personal trainer?". pocket-lint.co.uk. 25 July 2008. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Nokia Sports Tracker review". Stuff.tv. Haymarket Media Group. Archived from the original on 4 August 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  3. ^ Announcement of Closure and Transfer Archived 7 July 2011 at the Portuguese Web Archive, Nokia
  4. ^ "Sports Tracker Coming To iPhone And Android". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Sports Tracker now available for Windows Phone + win a Nokia Lumia 800!". Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  6. ^ "News and stories from our global community". Amer Sports. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  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 | [1] | https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/15393732
  8. ^ Bauer, Christine (2013). "On the (In-)Accuracy of GPS Measures of Smartphones: A Study of Running Tracking Applications". Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing & Multimedia - MoMM '13. pp. 3337–339. doi:10.1145/2536853.2536893. ISBN 9781450321068. S2CID 2860095. Retrieved 3 January 2023.