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Accessories Anyone use it while jogging?
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I exercise 6 days a week and sometimes twice a day. I bought this
Jabra-BT3030 Bluetooth Headset. Its like a dog tag with music player controls on it. I keep my phone in my pocket or on my hip. It plays music without the hassle of cords and can control everything with ease. It cost me around $25 on ebay with free shipping. It works great I sold my ipod touch.
Jabra-BT3030 Bluetooth Headset. Its like a dog tag with music player controls on it. I keep my phone in my pocket or on my hip. It plays music without the hassle of cords and can control everything with ease. It cost me around $25 on ebay with free shipping. It works great I sold my ipod touch.
I use my Incredible with the Cardio Trainer app. Works great.
I used to use my iPod Touch, but have switched completely to the Incredible. Luckily, the Incredible fits snuggly in my Belkin iPod Touch armband.
EDIT: Here's the armband I use:
http://www.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=463071
I used to use my iPod Touch, but have switched completely to the Incredible. Luckily, the Incredible fits snuggly in my Belkin iPod Touch armband.
EDIT: Here's the armband I use:
http://www.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=463071
I use my Incredible with the Cardio Trainer app. Works great.
I used to use my iPod Touch, but have switched completely to the Incredible. Luckily, the Incredible fits snuggly in my Belkin iPod Touch armband.
EDIT: Here's the armband I use:
F8Z363-NBY Belkin Sport Armband Plus with FastFit for iPod touch (2nd Gen)
Do you have easy access to the Power button with this?
shaggymatt
Well-Known Member
I use my Droid daily at the gym. I have a Belkin F8M005-SML armband, cost me like $7.xx from an ebay seller. I believe that the Droid is a bit larger than the Incredible as Aquapac puts the Incredible into a Micro case, the Droid into a Mini.
In regards to headphones. Sometimes I use my good Ultimate Ears SuperFi 5 Pro buds. The noise isolation is great, better than my chainsaw muffs! The wire can be a pain though.
Normally though I like the wireless and suffer through my Motorola S305 headphones. However after a couple hours of wearing, they tend to cut into your ear. They have a gapped ridge on them which is a poor design that really hurts.
I also have the S9's (original). They are terribly uncomfortable in your ear. None of the adapters that they include make them comfortable. Might be because I have a pretty big head and it is a tight fit, thereby squeezing into my ears more.
In regards to headphones. Sometimes I use my good Ultimate Ears SuperFi 5 Pro buds. The noise isolation is great, better than my chainsaw muffs! The wire can be a pain though.
Normally though I like the wireless and suffer through my Motorola S305 headphones. However after a couple hours of wearing, they tend to cut into your ear. They have a gapped ridge on them which is a poor design that really hurts.
I also have the S9's (original). They are terribly uncomfortable in your ear. None of the adapters that they include make them comfortable. Might be because I have a pretty big head and it is a tight fit, thereby squeezing into my ears more.
AaronBBrown
Member
xtrmcheeze
Lurker
+1 for Cardio Trainer, love that app!
Those bluebirds look awesome, I think I'll go with those whenever they come out. Right now I'm just using the wired Sennheiser sport ear buds (lock in the ear).
jikhead
Android Expert
I tried this out just a couple of hours ago at the gym. It doesn't work when you are on the treadmill, as it's gps-based and is expecting you to not be stationary. Deleted.
Cardio trainer is good ( not perfect) at tracking on a treadmill,don't ask me how it works,but it dose! last night 5.3 miles in 41min. on the treadmill display and 5.4 miles in 41.13 min. according to Cardio trainer.
PS Cardio trainer asks you if you are running outdoors or on a treadmill.
I went through 3 sets of Moto S9's in a 4 month period a couple of years ago. Their downfall was that the advertised "sweat resistance" really wasn't true. I used them while running and working out at the gym and the same thing happened to all three sets I had: I'd sweat on them a couple of times and then the buttons would fry resulting in random fast forwards/song switching until they dried out (took days sometimes) and then they'd eventually stop working. Thankfully, I was able to get my money back.
After that debacle, I switched to the Jaybird JB-200's (now called the Jaybird JB200 Freedom). I can say that these things are truly sweat-resistant/proof. I've used them running, at the gym and cycling for the last couple of years. These rock. I traded message board posts with a guy that even uses them in the shower.
I have no problems recommending these to everyone. The new Bluebuds look great, but if you don't want to wait and want to get a bluetooth stereo headset that just works now...then the JB200 Freedoms are it.
That being said, there is a weird quirk with how they interact with the Incredible: I can control pause and volume up/down with no problems. I'm not able to switch between songs in the playlist like I used to be able to with my old Blackberry Curve. I've tried long/short/double presses, but that just seems to change my volume levels.
From a cycling perspective (and this will sound weird to the audiophiles in the group), one of the best things about this headset is that it's NOT sound isolating. That means you can hear cars/other riders around you while you cycle. It is possible to jack the sound up so loud that you can't hear anything but the music...but that's just not a good thing to do while cycling. As you can see by the pictures, they're designed to go over your ears, but the ear bud doesn't fill your ear canal completely...they sort of sit just inside/just outside of it depending on how you look at it and how your ears are shaped. That means that there can be a fair amount of wind noise to compensate for. The JB200's are plenty loud to counteract the wind noise, though and still let you hear what's going on around you.
These are not for audiophiles, though. From what I've read and my own experience, no stereo bluetooth headsets are. I would say they have "typical lack of bass" issues as most earbuds do. But they're good enough...I use them because they're wireless, sweat/moisture resistant and because they don't come off unless I take them off regardless of the activity I'm doing.
I also use the arm band that came with the Moto S9's (thanks to TigerDirect for letting me keep it) if I run, go to the gym or do yardwork. That works pretty well. One more thing for the cyclists out there: while cycling, I normally keep my Incredible in a Ziplock Snack-sized baggie which protects the device from any sweat or rain that may fall on it. I usually keep the phone in my top tube bag (the kind that velcros around the top tube and the stem). I used that set up for a couple of years even with my old Blackberry Curve. Works great. I can still interact with the screen through the baggie...which is way better than how I couldn't work with my Curve's trackball back in the day. One additional advantage of keeping it in the top tube bag is that it keeps the Inc closer to my JB200's than if I were to put it in my back cycling jersey pocket. That's really a good thing because there's almost zero interference and it keeps the connection really strong/uninterrupted. My old Curve was a bit more sensitive and would drop the connection briefly if I turned my head to the right (which, to me means that the antennae is in the right earbud). That really doesn't happen with my Incredible.
A2DP bluetooth can be a bit finnicky when using them outside...at least it was with my Curve. I can say that it's been much more solid/uninterrupted connection with my Droid Incredible. Which rocks!
After that debacle, I switched to the Jaybird JB-200's (now called the Jaybird JB200 Freedom). I can say that these things are truly sweat-resistant/proof. I've used them running, at the gym and cycling for the last couple of years. These rock. I traded message board posts with a guy that even uses them in the shower.
I have no problems recommending these to everyone. The new Bluebuds look great, but if you don't want to wait and want to get a bluetooth stereo headset that just works now...then the JB200 Freedoms are it.
That being said, there is a weird quirk with how they interact with the Incredible: I can control pause and volume up/down with no problems. I'm not able to switch between songs in the playlist like I used to be able to with my old Blackberry Curve. I've tried long/short/double presses, but that just seems to change my volume levels.
From a cycling perspective (and this will sound weird to the audiophiles in the group), one of the best things about this headset is that it's NOT sound isolating. That means you can hear cars/other riders around you while you cycle. It is possible to jack the sound up so loud that you can't hear anything but the music...but that's just not a good thing to do while cycling. As you can see by the pictures, they're designed to go over your ears, but the ear bud doesn't fill your ear canal completely...they sort of sit just inside/just outside of it depending on how you look at it and how your ears are shaped. That means that there can be a fair amount of wind noise to compensate for. The JB200's are plenty loud to counteract the wind noise, though and still let you hear what's going on around you.
These are not for audiophiles, though. From what I've read and my own experience, no stereo bluetooth headsets are. I would say they have "typical lack of bass" issues as most earbuds do. But they're good enough...I use them because they're wireless, sweat/moisture resistant and because they don't come off unless I take them off regardless of the activity I'm doing.
I also use the arm band that came with the Moto S9's (thanks to TigerDirect for letting me keep it) if I run, go to the gym or do yardwork. That works pretty well. One more thing for the cyclists out there: while cycling, I normally keep my Incredible in a Ziplock Snack-sized baggie which protects the device from any sweat or rain that may fall on it. I usually keep the phone in my top tube bag (the kind that velcros around the top tube and the stem). I used that set up for a couple of years even with my old Blackberry Curve. Works great. I can still interact with the screen through the baggie...which is way better than how I couldn't work with my Curve's trackball back in the day. One additional advantage of keeping it in the top tube bag is that it keeps the Inc closer to my JB200's than if I were to put it in my back cycling jersey pocket. That's really a good thing because there's almost zero interference and it keeps the connection really strong/uninterrupted. My old Curve was a bit more sensitive and would drop the connection briefly if I turned my head to the right (which, to me means that the antennae is in the right earbud). That really doesn't happen with my Incredible.
A2DP bluetooth can be a bit finnicky when using them outside...at least it was with my Curve. I can say that it's been much more solid/uninterrupted connection with my Droid Incredible. Which rocks!
I combined 2 emails into 1.
[FONT="]Hi,[/FONT]
[FONT="] Thank you for contacting JayBird online support. We don't have an official launch date for the BlueBuds, only that they are about a few weeks away. Sign up for new product alerts at jaybirdgear.com to be first to know when they will be released.[/FONT][FONT="] The BlueBuds [/FONT][FONT="]are sweat and moisture resistant. The are resistant to sweat and light rain but can not be submerged underwater or exposed under heavy rain since they have a little mic hole.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Best Regards,[/FONT]
[FONT="]Javier Baeque [/FONT]
JayBird Sports Audio
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AaronBBrown
Member
Umm, yeah...that's the whole point. Why would you need an app to track your treadmill time?
jikhead
Android Expert
Well, the app is keeping a running total log. So if you want to track your TOTAL time distance...why wouldn't you want to also include time spent on the treadmill?
jikhead
Android Expert
Nice to know about the Moto S9's. I bought a pair on Ebay a couple of years that may or may-not have been knock-offs. They did the same thing when they got sweat in them, and eventually died after a couple of months. Guess it didn't matter whether they were genuine Motorola products or not.
i.bike.for.life
Newbie
I use Cardio Trainer everywhere....biking outside, running outside, running on treadmill, kayaking, walking and I also manually enter in my swimming time and distance. I like how it keeps track of all my workouts and how far I've gone.
pickthecrowdup
Newbie
I use my Incredible with the Cardio Trainer app. Works great.
I used to use my iPod Touch, but have switched completely to the Incredible. Luckily, the Incredible fits snuggly in my Belkin iPod Touch armband.
EDIT: Here's the armband I use:
F8Z363-NBY Belkin Sport Armband Plus with FastFit for iPod touch (2nd Gen)
+1 for the CardioTrainer app. Pretty bad-ass!