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Title: Jogging With The Z
Post by: DaveAnderson on February 25, 2005, 06:46:32 pm: What do you think? Have the C860 and would like to take it on jogs to listen to music. Besides the obvious - falling and crushing it, or it falling out of a belt strap - do you think the actual act of jogging and the unit being bounced around could potentially damage it?
Title: Jogging With The Z
Post by: padishah_emperor on February 25, 2005, 08:40:32 pm: It should be ok in theory, unless you have a microdrive which may not take too kindly too being jiggered about

Actually I wanted to do that with mine and did a few times but I always worried about breaking it. Eventually I stopped. Both.
Title: Jogging With The Z
Post by: bgsfh on February 25, 2005, 10:08:47 pm: I used my SL 5500 for a year to read me text files while I jogged. I held it in a fanny pack and didn't have any problem. The only issue that I had was the zaurus would shut down after thirty minutes unless I pressed on of the controls. If ipods are made for this I don't see why the microdrives wouldn't hold up as well. If you are worried about microdrive reliability, you should be able to store enough music to keep your self entertained on a 1 or 2 gig flash card. If you can run longer than that, you have my respect and admiration, but I have no ready solutions for you
Title: Jogging With The Z
Post by: padishah_emperor on February 26, 2005, 06:45:52 am: Quote
in a fanny pack and didn't have any problem
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Ha ha ha!! Sorry, being immature, fanny has a different meaning here...

I did see a pouch somewhere which wraps around the arm and allows a PDA to be carried while jogging.

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If you are worried about microdrive reliability, you should be able to store enough music to keep your self entertained on a 1 or 2 gig flash card. If you can run longer than that, you have my respect and admiration, but I have no ready solutions for you
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A CF card (or MMC/SD) would be best IMHO, I know too many people who have damaged microdrives - even in mp3 players.

But if you don't have that issue, try it.

I was into cycling, my 5500 went everywhere in a bag which could be described as a 'fanny pack' ;-) I did the same with my Clie NX70V, and with my C860 until I came off the bike - I never took it out again. My Yopy does go out all the time, I'd ride with it but probably not jog because of the microdrive I have now.

If you start getting paranoid about damaging your Z, stop. Do what you feel comfortable with, I just got too paranoid with mine, it cost me a lot of money and I was scared of breaking it - hence why I ditched it. I'm thinking of getting an iPod shuffle with armband just for the purpose of jogging.
Title: Jogging With The Z
Post by: fastscirocco on February 26, 2005, 10:39:59 am: Quote
Ha ha ha!! Sorry, being immature, fanny has a different meaning here...

Must be in europe? From what I understand in Europe "fanny" refers to the female genitalia .

No?
Title: Jogging With The Z
Post by: padishah_emperor on February 26, 2005, 04:03:57 pm: Yeah it does
Title: Jogging With The Z
Post by: harvell on September 25, 2006, 05:25:40 pm: Bringing back an old post but does anyone think a Z would be a good jogging buddy if.

1. You could play music while working out.

2. Run a GPS program to calculate distance and speed of your run.

I know there are arm bands you can get that have a gps receiver and it will tell you how far and how fast you are running. Does any one know of a program like that?

Just trying to get the most out of my Z.
Title: Jogging With The Z
Post by: harvell on September 25, 2006, 07:11:01 pm: What do you think of this kind of armband for the C1K?

http://www.yourmobiledesk.com/products/pro...tID=na&mfrID=62 (http://www.yourmobiledesk.com/products/proddetail.cfm?prodID=4634&catID=235&subcatID=2045&sscatID=na&mfrID=62)
Title: Jogging With The Z
Post by: BarryW on September 25, 2006, 11:39:38 pm: Quote
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Ha ha ha!! Sorry, being immature, fanny has a different meaning here...

Must be in europe? From what I understand in Europe "fanny" refers to the female genitalia .

No?
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Hmmm, a Z in a European fanny.....

Ouch!
Title: Jogging With The Z
Post by: desertrat on September 26, 2006, 04:12:39 am: Quote
Bringing back an old post but does anyone think a Z would be a good jogging buddy if.
1. You could play music while working out.
2. Run a GPS program to calculate distance and speed of your run.
Maybe a Nokia 5500D would be a better choice. It's tough enough to take a few knocks - a Russian site did some tests on it:

- put it under running water
- buried it in soil
- dropped it from a height of several metres
- ran over it with a car

and it still worked. They had to run over it a second time before the phone broke

The 5500D has a motion sensor which allows it to work out how far you have walked/jogged and it comes with software which logs this info so you can see how much you have improved over time.
Title: Jogging With The Z
Post by: brashley46 on September 26, 2006, 10:14:49 pm: I don't jog with my c860, but that's 'cause I don't jog. I do bicycle with it fastened to my belt pack in the ECGO neoprene case I got for it ... it's belt-and-suspenders secure, with Velcro and a snap.