In the hectic hustle and bustle of our everyday lives there isnot much time left to spend on our wellness and fitness, which ultimately results in poor health and unneeded suffering. Sony Ericsson will try and change that by enabling a technology called ANT+ in its XPERIA X10, X8 and Arc devices.
As we reported couple of days ago, Sony Ericsson released an update to the XPERIA X10 and X8 family of devices. Amongst the announced bug fixes and new features included, the ANT+ capability was mentioned. The Sony Ericsson Arc was said to support ANT+ right out of the box too.
You may not know what ANT+ is, but if you are into sports, this should mean a lot to you. You know Nike+ I bet you do. It uses ANT+ connectivity too. Thats where the + comes from.
What is Ant+?
First of all, lets begin with what ANT+ actually is. This is a wireless signal technology, which has been integrated into numerous fitness and health-monitoring devices, allowing them to transmit their data wirelessly to any ANT+ enabled display or logging device. You can see where this is going, Imagine that you were out there on the track and your smartphone was ANT+ capable, measuring and recording all your vital statistics and performance indicators.
And its not for running only. All fitness, sport and health-tracking products such as heart rate monitors, blood pressure monitors, spin bikes, foot pats, weight scales, and so on, can send your health data and statistics to an ANT+ enabled mobile device. The technology is truly interoperable across a wide array of wellness devices, meaning that whichever ANT+ enabled device you purchase, it will be compatible with your ANT+ enabled phone, tablet, laptop or even wristwatch.
