March 26, 2007 1:40 PM PDT
The future of Nike is Nike + iPod
(Credit:
Nike)
According to Engadget, Nike President and CEO Mark Parker has unofficially announced (via an interview) that all future Nike running shoes will be compatible with the Nike + iPod Sport Kit by 2008. For those of you who aren't familiar with the setup, that basically means that one shoe of every pair will have an aptly sized notch cut out in order to accommodate the wireless transmitter that comes with the Sport Kit. This hardly solves the problem for joggers who prefer not to run in Nike shoes, but this simple and inexpensive hack sure does.
For more than five years, Jasmine France has covered a variety of tech products for CNET--from scanners to keyboards to GPS devices--but she's happiest where she is now: sitting atop a pile of MP3 players, "testing" every music service known to man, and jamming a variety of earbuds in every shape and color into her absurdly small ears. E-mail Jasmine. 
stated. It would be fairly dangerous if this were a bluetooth device. For example
stalkers could map the runner's location vary easily.
The security flaws of the Nike+ system are discussed further in another corner
of the internet, go hit Google if you are interested.
Main point: Nike+ uses a proprietary wireless frequency that is NOT bluetooth.
Hope this helps.
- Bottom line
- by Fil0403 March 28, 2007 9:35 AM PDT
- It's still insecure.
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