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Kempele, Finland – 16. May, 2011 – The use of mobile training applications has increased in popularity around the world at a fast pace. Active people want to know more about their performance, so there is a growing demand for a proven and reliable heart rate
POLAR News – Polar, a heartbeat ahead in training with smartphones
Kempele, Finland – 16. May, 2011 – The use of mobile training applications has increased in popularity around the world at a fast pace. Active people want to know more about their performance, so there is a growing demand for a proven and reliable heart rate transmitter that connects with smartphones.
Polar has made ECG-accurate heart rate measurement available for your mobile needs via the Polar WearLink®+ transmitter with Bluetooth®. Worn around the chest as you exercise, this comfortable textile transmitter relays your heart rate data wirelessly to your smartphone.
With Polar, you don’t have to settle on seeing only your speed and distance on your mobile training application. By adding the comfortable WearLink+ transmitter, you can get your live heart rate as well, to make the most of every session. This essential bit of data introduces you to heart rate training. It enables you to see how hard you are working and helps you exercise at the right intensity to get the exact training effect you’re looking for. After training, you can share your workout and examine your heart rate and training intensity in detail at the web service of your application provider.
The Polar WearLink+ transmitter with Bluetooth is compatible with all major mobile training applications, such as the Sports Tracker, Endomondo, and RunKeeper, adding up to millions of mobile training application users worldwide. The transmitter supports Android and Symbian platforms, giving you a wide selection of compatible smartphones.
The WearLink+ transmitter seamlessly adapts to your body shape, bringing full freedom of movement to your training session. The soft textile strap is machine-washable and, with its hook mechanism, the transmitter is just as quick to put on as it is to take off. The Bluetooth transmission ensures that the mobile application
picks up your heart rate signal and not someone else’s. A user replaceable battery furthermore increases the ease-of-use.
“The Polar WearLink+ transmitter is the easiest and most comfortable way to add heart rate into your mobile training application”, says Marko Möttönen, Accessories Segment Manager for Polar. “Smartphones follow wherever you go, making it easy to track your training. To exercise at the desired intensity, you only need to put on your heart rate transmitter, start your favorite mobile training application and you’re good to go.”
The WearLink+ transmitter with Bluetooth is available as a Polar accessory set with a user manual. Most of the providers of compatible mobile training applications sell this accessory in their own web shops. In the United States, you can purchase the transmitter also from shoppolar.com. WearLink+ transmitters using Bluetooth technology are not compatible with the current range of Polar training computers, making them exclusive for mobile applications only. However, the existing older WearLink+ transmitter Polar for Nokia is compatible with all the same mobile training applications.
About Polar
Founded in 1977, Polar Electro invented the first wireless heart rate monitor. Since then the Company has been leading the sports instruments and heart rate monitoring category through its in-depth understanding of human physiology, performance, and the environment. Polar works in close cooperation with leading sports institutes and governing bodies, and has, thus, become widely recognized as the pioneer and world’s leader of heart rate monitoring and fitness evaluation equipment.
Headquartered near Oulu in Finland, the company operates internationally in more than 80 countries and its products are sold through over 35,000 retailers globally.
Today, the award-winning Polar training computers are the number one choice among consumers worldwide. To learn more about how the wide range of Polar products and services can help you achieve your training goals and make your fitness story a success, please visit www.polar.fi
