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On the heels of the Google Latitude release, the search giant released a new location-aware application for its Android platform called My Tracks to allow users to record their routes when cycling, running, hiking, or doing pretty much any outdoor activity.
The application also integrates with other Android apps to make it easy to share routes with your friends via GMail app or some other application that can send messages like Twidroid, for instance. Yap, that means you can Twitter your workouts if you want.
In a nutshell, with My Tracks, Google is joining the “active mobile lifestyle” trend, where we also have other apps/services available like the Nokia Sports Tracker and Wayfinder Active To Go.
Enough said. Dylan Casey, a former professional cyclist and now a Google employee, is there to show you how the application works. His video follows after the jump.
[Via: Google Mobile Blog]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
