I can't understand the below comments but I'm assuming they are discussing the things I've noticed are the most annoying with this device.
1. The unreliability of the data being supplied from the zephyr Hxm device (large sections where my he drops by 100bpm) whilst still training at the same intensity. - This can apparently be resolved by wetting the band or using a gel and placing the sensor more to the left side of the chest.
2. As mentioned below having to select the device every time on startup. - This is apparently a HD2 problem and hopefully they will fix in a firmware release.
3. The fact that it won't turn on Bluetooth when started like some other programs do (Tom Tom) when using the Hxm. - Leaving Bluetooth on
may be a fix on a device that has a huge battery capacity but the HD2 is reknowned for a battery that is lucky to last a day of use so every milliamp counts.
4. The screen unlocks itself in your pocket and on a touch device the screen unlock padlock is too small to accurately hit. Putting the device into standby by pressing the main pwr button turns off the screen and when turned back on brings up the standard HTC screen slide unlock.
This would be great for power saving but unfortunately the gps doesn't run in standby. - A fix for this has been noted in the functionality section by admin and an upcoming release will provide a lock button to turn off the screen after 15sec and pressing the pwr will turn the screen back on. Yet to see how functional this is but any fix he a step in the right direction, plus now they obviouly have a HD2 to test on helps us users immensely.
I hope this helps group some errors and fixes together to provide info for other like users that just want a functional program to train with.
But why don't you leave the Bluetooth turned on? Compared to GPS it doesn't need that much energy ... And why do you have to select the HxM device? If it's paired and a "outgoing COM port" is set up it should not be required to select it.
I don't have the HD2 here for testing, but I do have a HTC Touch HD.
Dec 8, 2009 8:14:39 AM UTCmodified on Feb 8, 2010 12:27:30 AM UTC
Almost everything you could ask for.
I have a HTC HD2 with a Zephyr HxM Heart rate monitor and although it was a huge upgrade from a HP 3715 I was determined not to get an iphone. My persistance has paid off with the HTC HD2 and it goes well minus a few teething problems which should be fixed in an update once this device becomes more popular with rungps users.
The one downside is at every startup you have to turn Bluetooth on and select the HxM device, This could hopefully be resolved in a later patch. Additionally if the screen could rotate with the device automatically it would also be an added benefit.
