Stuart Tevendale from OTAG Technologies has posted a practical comparison of these two heart rate monitors: the Suunto T6 and the Polar S625X.
Both watches let runners and cyclist measure their performance: heart rate monitoring, speed, distance, and so on, gathering data through sensors on the runner’s shoe (Foot POD) or on the bike’s front wheel […]

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Gary Valle at Photography On the Run has written an interesting post comparing these two Forerunners. What’s interesting about it is that he’s done the same route with both devices and he shows a Google Earth photo with the two GPS traces overlapped.

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Last week I posted about Suunto X9i (see the links below). Yesterday Suunto announced a new free PC software for this watch: Suunto Track Exporter. This software allows X9i’s users to convert the GPS tracks from the unit to Google Earth format, so that they can view or share the routes recorded with the watch.

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Casio has a wide line of sport watches, from casual sports to full trekking machines with barometer, GPS and so on. This time the Japanese brand announces a GPS watch for runners, the GPR-100-1JR. This watch wants to compete directly with devices like the Garmin Forerunner, especially the 205 model.
The GPR-100-1JR has the following features, […]

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The Navman 300 Sport-Tool series of GPS devices is an affordable solution for those sport practitioners who need to monitor their speed and distance adapted to their sport.
There are six models in the series, each optimized for a different sport. Here you have a description of each one:

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