Massive 5.0 Update

App development is a marathon, and we’re happy to let you know we’ve finished our first ultra. Today we’re announcing our 5.0 update, which has been developed over the past six months, with months of user testing. It’s been submitted to the App Store for review, and is available now. Thanks to the dozens of beta users who gave us feedback, and to the hundreds of customers who wrote to us with suggestions and comments.

Scroll down to read what’s new, or read our press release, or better yet, view screencasts of the top three features in 5.0.

dailymile Integration

Import and Virtual Competition

Voices

What’s New in 5.0

VOICES
➤ A new built-in voice speaks your announcements without the need for purchased voices.
➤ Includes a professional text-to-speech engine, replacing our prior engine. (We heard your feedback!)
➤ Purchased voices are now required to speak replies from Twitter, Facebook, and dailymile.
➤ Voices are available through In App Purchase at a low price.
➤ Many voices are available, both male and female, with more to come. See More > Settings > Voices.

IMPORT
➤ To import, tap a GPX or KML link or file attachment in Mail or Safari. (Note: after installing our app, restart your iPhone to assure that iOS will launch our app to handle GPX and KML files.)
➤ Import the official path for a route, so you can see where you are going on the map and elevation graph.
➤ Import your previously recorded workouts from other social fitness sites and devices, so you can include them in your workout history.

VIRTUAL COMPETITION
➤ Import a workout as a virtual competitor, so you can hear announcements of how far you are ahead or behind, and see their location on the map and graphs.
➤ Every map and email that you share includes an import link so that it can be imported.
➤ Added a leaderboard to every route. See how your most recent workout compares to your competitors, as well as your best, median, and worst workouts for that route.

DAILYMILE INTEGRATION
➤ Login to post your workouts to dailymile.com, a rapidly growing community of 200,000 members who have logged more than 20 million miles while running, biking, and walking.
➤ Updates your workout every few minutes with dailymile, optionally including a map link to your location and stats.
➤ Speaks replies from friends on dailymile during your workout for encouragement.
➤ You can add comments on your workout and on the replies from friends, during and after your workout.

AND MORE
➤ Each of the six stopwatch displays can be configured to show one of 40 different statistics by tapping on the settings icon on the stopwatch.
➤ Added the ability to enter notes before or during a workout by tapping on the notes icon on the stopwatch.
➤ Improved responsiveness of speed and pace displays.
➤ Added official distances and times that can be set for each route.
➤ Added the ability to set the default route. See More > Settings > Stopwatch.
➤ Added split pace / speed announcement type. See More > Announcements.
➤ Added support for descent, kilojoules, and grade.
➤ Updated to the latest Facebook integration library to fix unrequested log outs.
➤ Fixed issue that caused iPod volume to stay lowered.
➤ Improved cycling calorie calculations.
➤ Changed GPX export to create segments between stops.

Check for our updates often! In the past year we have released 5 major updates and 15 minor updates, supporting our goal to be the best GPS fitness app in the iTunes App Store. Thank you for your feedback. Please recommend us to your friends!

January 26, 2011 at 11:35 pm | Cycling, Running, Walking