Stopping to take off a glove to find a new song is a bit of a pain in the neck. Also, now that the weather has turned cold, I’ve started wearing gloves again, so navigating the control wheel on the iPod is more difficult than normal. I don’t particularly like carrying my iPod in my hand when running, so the thought of a device that would allow me to tuck my iPod away in a pocket and still have some control over it sounded great.
When I heard about the new Timex iControl for iPod, I was pretty excited. – Play/Pause button (also Start/Lap button) is small and somewhat hard to operate. – Button assignments are different than other Timex Ironman watches, so a bit of retraining is required to operate the watch. – Wireless dongle is powered by iPod and requires power to communicate with the watch (if left installed in the iPod it will eventually drain the battery). – Can not be used simultaneously with the iPod-based Nike Plus system. Lacks ability to navigate iPod’s menus and does not have the ability to power off the device remotely (typically done by holding down the Play/Pause key on the iPod). – Drop your iPod into a pocket and you won’t have to dig it out during a run to change songs or change the volume. – Watch-mounted buttons solve the problem of dealing with the iPod’s control wheel when wearing gloves or mittens. – Makes changing songs, pausing/playing and changing volume much easier on the iPod when running However, the iControl only allows management of a few iPod features and there are some trade-offs in using the device, such as a losing the ability to use your Timex heart rate monitor or Nike Plus system when using the iControl instead. It will be useful to those that want to put the iPod in a pocket and not have to dig it back out to change songs or change the volume. The Timex iControl for iPod is a nice-to-have device that gives the user limited control over their iPod.
The new Timex Ironman Triathlon series watch includes a wireless transmitter and module that plugs into most iPods to give you control over the iPod from buttons on the watch. For those of you who run with your iPod, Timex has a new product that promises to help make it easier to manage your music on the run: the new Timex iControl for iPod.
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