There will be a lot of pluses in this article and it seems to me like there really are no minuses to the added heart rate monitoring system to the Nike+ SportBand and Nike+ iPod Sport Kit. Polar has done a great deal here, since these popular training gadgets will now offer an extra advantage to those constantly interested in keeping in shape and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

"We are delighted to enter into this partnership with Nike," says Marco Suvilaakso, Group Product Director at Polar. "Polar and Nike are both market leading global sports brands. Nike users around the globe can now benefit for the first time from pioneering Polar heart rate monitoring technology. The new WearLink®+ transmitter Nike+ will make accurate heart rate training available to millions of Nike+ users. It will add a new dimension to their training enabling them to train at the right intensity to achieve their goals. We anticipate this will be a very popular product."

The WearLink+ from Polar is, of course, compatible with all Polar-friendly fitness equipment from major manufacturers, which means the future user of this tech will be able to perform heart rate training at the gym as well. WearLink+ wirelessly communicates with the Nike+ iPod Sport Kit or with the Nike+ SportBand and offers useful information about the user's BPM and the number of hear beats per minute.

"We are excited to introduce Polar heart rate technology into the Nike+ system so millions of enthusiastic users can take their training and performance to the next level," stated Jeff Padovan, president of Polar USA. "Being able to partner with industry leaders like Nike and Apple who share our passion for sports and technology allows us to deliver what the consumer has asked for by providing the best each company has to offer all in one product."


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