A New Addition to My Wish List
Posted on Mar 03, 2008 under Nike+ iPod |I found Podophile a couple of days ago, a nice blog with lots of good stuff about Nike+ iPod. And that’s where I found my new watch — or the one that will become my new watch when Nike finally releases it — the Nike Flight+. Podophile has the details in this post: Nike+ iPod Watches Confirmed: New Details and Photos. The Nike Flight+ is the model a little over halfway down the page, a watch that controls the iPod through the Nike+ Sport Kit dongle.
Currently, I wear the Zodiac Sea Wolf that my dad left me during the day, but I don’t risk that baby out on the roads. Instead, I have a Casio with a broken wristband attached to my reflective vest. I wear my iPod Nano (the 3G one) in a Nike Sport Armband and have to wear it upside down to manipulate the controls. Odd, yes, but it works for me that way.
The Nike Flight+, on the other hand, would free me to control the iPod from my wrist. I just think this arrangement would be much more convenient while actually running — whenever I can manage that again. I could continue to wear the armband, of course — but right-side up from then on — and never have to crane my neck to see what I’m doing. And I could choose to carry the iPod in a pocket instead, since the Nike Flight+ becomes the controller for the iPod and I wouldn’t have to actually be able to reach the iPod controls.
Pricey? Yeah, maybe so, but probably convenient enough for me that I’d consider it well worth it. So, it’s going on my Wish List — though it’s probably more fair to say that I will hold it out as a reward I will give to myself once I start running again. Plus, well, it’s a gadget, and I like gadgets.
Update: I was obviously too excited to see the dates on the posts. The Nike Flight+ should’ve already been released last May, but apparently wasn’t. The Nike Amp+ mentioned in the Podophile article is available, though. I wonder if I should just get that one, but it’s not really what I’m looking for. Neat gadget in it’s own right, but the Amp+ doesn’t have all the features I wanted.
