KDDI Corp. of Tokyo has launched a line of handsets designed to keep you healthy, according to IDG News Service.
KDDI’s handsets include motion sensors and GPS receivers designed to figure out how far users walk. The Walk and Run application is designed to figure out the number of steps you’ve taken (in case you lose count), how far you’ve gone and the number of calories burned. When you’re finished working out, the data is sent to a server, and can later be analyzed by your PC (presumably while you’re sitting down and not burning too many calories).
To help motivate people to exercise, the handsets include links to the Lismo music download services, and users can send selected tunes to a pair of wireless headphones. The “Beat Run” application also matches musical tracks to the pace of the person’s exercise.
No word yet on how many users of these healthy handsets got hit by trucks while they were engrossed in their music or counting their calories while running in traffic wearing their wireless headsets.