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The latest iPod nano 1.2 update adds integrated accelerometer support, making the Nike+ fitness software work seamlessly without requiring a third-party add-on. Combined with a watch band, this feature makes the nano a reasonable tool for tracking casual workouts. It’s not as accurate or as feature-heavy as using a specialised fitness tracker like the Garmin Forerunner 610 or the combination of iPhone and RunKeeper , but if you’re looking to keep tabs on the distance you’ve walked or how long you’ve run, it does an acceptable job. It gets more accurate with time as the inbuilt accelerometer calibrates itself to your gait, and after a few tries we found it almost as accurate as our iPhone app for tracking a roughly 6km run. It stores stats for your workouts for later access, including data on time, steps, distance and calories burnt — a nice little value-add.

Trading on the Apple iPod nano’s surprising success as a multipurpose watch — several third-party watch bands were released for the square nano a short time after its release, and Apple now stocks a wide range in its online store — Apple’s latest nano software update increases the number of watch faces available to 16, ranging from ‘formal’ traditional faces (we’re not sure you’d ever wear the iPod nano as a formal watch, though) to digital and novelty ones. We liked the nixie clock most on our orange- with-black-wristband nano, but from our examination it looks like there’s a watch face that will at least suit every colour of iPod. We’re not sold on using an iPod nano as a watch, but this update is good for anyone who would.

Source: PC World Magazine