Shelly Palmer

TomTom Launches Line of GPS Watches

It’s that time of year when I am training for half marathons and Tough Mudder competitions and the MOTOACTV keeps finding a place on my wrist to help me train. TomTom just revealed their new GPS Sport watches that no longer has them locked into the Nike ecosystem. I previously took a look at the affordable Nike+ SportWatch, powered by TomTom, but couldn’t live with the closed Nike ecosystem. I sometimes use my phone when I run and need the flexibility to be able to get data into a service like RunKeeper where everything is consolidated and shared with my running buddies. I am extremely pleased to read that these new watches are multi-platform compatible and sync with services such as TomTom MySports website, MapMyFitness, RunKeeper, TrainingPeaks and MyFitnessPal.

Read the full story at ZDNet.