Nike+ iPod heart rate monitor imminent?

The first rumblings of a heart rate monitor for the iPod-friendly Nike+ training system surfaced back in 2008 – and now it seems the device could well be set for launch in the near future.

A Nike employee told the official Nike forums that a Nike+ compatible heart rate monitor would launch on June 1 in the US, before launching internationally later in the summer.

The employee wouldn’t elaborate on that, so we still don’t know the finer points like price, features, colours and which iPods it’ll play nice with. Looks like we won’t have to wait too long to find out.

Recently, Nike’s on-the-go running soiution has been losing ground to Adidas’s miCoach Pacer, which includes a heart-rate monitor. But it doesn’t look like Nike has given up its hopes in this race.

Stuff, as ever, watches trackside with bated breath.

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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