Mobile phones 'take the lead' in new fitness applications

Smartphone technology is allowing mobiles to be used to download keep-fit applications, which dedicated sports devices cannot compete with, says an industry commentator

Using mobile phones with smartphone technology to download fitness software is becoming more and more popular, according to an industry commentator.

Richard Sharp, founder of Gadgetsandgizmos.org, claimed that when people are looking to buy an application to help them keep fit they will consider two factors - how much it costs and how easy it is to carry whilst exercising.

He added that as many people already own a smartphone, they will only have to invest in the application, which he noted will usually cost much less than buying a dedicated sport device.

"This saves money and also means you only have to carry one gadget whilst exercising," he concluded.

Mr Sharp pointed out that the smartphone is able to run these sports applications because they can access GPS, Maps and 3G.

Orders of sports and fitness devices have been falling in the current economic climate, whereas downloads of fitness application MotionX-GPS, for example, have now reached 1.2 million in 2009, according to new findings by ABI Research.

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