20.1.12

Oregon 450 vs xperia active pt 1 endomondo

Today I went for trail running at Seich Sou forest. Although I started to follow the Aethlos race route, I changed my mind and followed another one, which was 16+ km in less than 2 hours. Today I also tested for the first time my sony ericsson xperia active with endomondo for training/racing use. This smartphone except for being waterproof, is also compatible with ANT+ protocol. Which means that it can be connected with Garmin heart rate monitor straps, when other smartphones needs battery draining bluetooth straps. So I tested endomondo in comparison to my Garmin Oregon 450 which I always use and uploaded the 2 gpx archives on ridewithgps for oregon and endomondo for xperia active. I started with xperias battery level at 95% and after 2 hours of use (gps and ANT+) it was at 60%. There are a lot of applications for android and I'll try to test as many as I can. Use of smartphones seems to be very practical because they are light enough and they are always in our pocket, but I think their batteries are not ready yet for ultra marathons.
 

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