Sports Tracker
{{short description|Former software tool}}
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| name = Sports Tracker
| logo = Sports tracker app logo.png
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| developer = Sports Tracking Technologies Ltd.
| released = {{start date and age|2007}}
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| genre = Health informatics, physical fitness
| license = Freemium
| website = {{URL|https://www.sports-tracker.com/|sports-tracker.com}}
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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,{{cite web|url= http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/reviews/review.phtml/3324|title= Nokia Sports Tracker - Looking for a personal trainer?|date= 25 July 2008|publisher= pocket-lint.co.uk|access-date= 27 February 2013|archive-date= 21 February 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210221073105/https://www.pocket-lint.com/phones/reviews/nokia/70414-nokia-sports-tracker-mobile-application|url-status= dead}} while engaging in a sport activity such as running, jogging or cycling.{{cite web|url=http://stuff.tv/blogs/sport/archive/2008/06/26/nokia-sports-tracker.aspx|title=Nokia Sports Tracker review|work=Stuff.tv|publisher=Haymarket Media Group|access-date=27 February 2013|archive-date=4 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804051318/http://stuff.tv/blogs/sport/archive/2008/06/26/nokia-sports-tracker.aspx|url-status=dead}}
Nokia announced that Nokia Sports Tracker was closed in June 2010,[https://sportstracker.nokia.com/nts Announcement of Closure and Transfer] {{webarchive|url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20110707172739/http%3A//sportstracker.nokia.com/nts |date=7 July 2011 }}, Nokia 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.arcticstartup.com/article/sports-tracker-coming-to-iphone-and-android |title=Sports Tracker Coming To iPhone And Android |access-date=6 August 2015 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923173643/http://www.arcticstartup.com/article/sports-tracker-coming-to-iphone-and-android |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.sports-tracker.com/blog/2011/12/16/sports-tracker-now-available-for-windows-phone-win-a-nokia-lumia-800/ |title=Sports Tracker now available for Windows Phone + win a Nokia Lumia 800! |access-date=6 August 2015 |archive-date=4 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504205948/http://www.sports-tracker.com/blog/2011/12/16/sports-tracker-now-available-for-windows-phone-win-a-nokia-lumia-800/ |url-status=dead }}
In 2015, the company was acquired by Amer Sports, as part of the group digital acceleration.{{Cite web |title=News and stories from our global community |url=https://www.amersports.com/newsroom/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Amer Sports |language=en-US}}
In 2019, the company was joined the Chinese group Anta Sports,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 | [https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/15393732] | https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/15393732 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.{{cite book |last1=Bauer |first1=Christine |title=Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing & Multimedia - MoMM '13 |chapter=On the (In-)Accuracy of GPS Measures of Smartphones: A Study of Running Tracking Applications |date=2013 |pages=3337–339 |doi=10.1145/2536853.2536893 |isbn=9781450321068 |s2cid=2860095 |chapter-url=https://doi.org/10.1145/2536853.2536893 |access-date=3 January 2023 |ref=bauer2013}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.sports-tracker.com/}}
{{Amer Sports}}
{{Sports-tracking-apps}}
{{Nokia services}}