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Apple's doomed! Dvorak said this would never take off. Dvorak is always right right?

No, he's NOT always right. But only 1 million miles in 10 WEEKS?!? That IS pretty lame.

Apple may have misfired on this one.

Didn't Dvorak say this was a 'whacky' idea?

Who's whacky now, Dvorak?

Hey! Big deal. I logged over 1 million Twinkies in 10 weeks - no kit needed!

"Over 1 million miles -- equivalent to circling the world more than 40 times -- have been logged by Nike+ runners in just 10 weeks. . . ."

So what? When ad flacks and politicians toss out numbers like that, it's time to dig out the bullshit grinder. It's the equivalent of the "person-years" crapola. "This project means 150 person years of employment! trumpets the politico. WTF?

How come no paragraph saying: "All those people who didn't wear Nikes walked the distance to the moon and back! In one day!"

Of course if the flack said that, he'd lose the next 40 person years of employment.

What a money maker for everybody. Between the shoes, armbands, music and of course nano sales. I have used this tool almost constantly since I purchased it. It is truly remarkable.

Hey - knock it off you fat lazy bastards

I typically run 20 miles a week and the sport kit has made it a lot easier to track my performance.

Nike didn't say how many Nike+ shoes they have sold. Those shoes were not right for me so I'm using my trusty Adidas instead.

This is a way to interact with iPods that I would not have expected. But I expect there will be more accessories like the Nike kit that expand the iPod's capabilities and makes it into a "platform" (or hub) for a wearable computer. The elegance of Apple's strategy is that it's getting everyone to wear one as a music player. When the new accessories arrive, the platform is already in place on millions of bodies.

Bought a new nano and the sport kit last week. Love it. Definitely motivating and I'm no runner by nature.

The top flick celebrates lawlessness and danger! It's teaching our children that is's OK to flout the law and safety by running with the direction of the traffic, instead of against it! You can't tell me that thing was made in the U.K. or Japan.

Think of the children who will never run around the world — "and experience a new way to bring music and sport together," unlike the old way of dragging a Victrola behind you with a rope — thanks to that ad.

It's so tragic.

Hey, any word on if/when there might be one of these beasties for us cyclists out there? I'd love to have something as cool as this product for my bike rides.... My cycling computer is OK, but it would be great to have it tied into my iPod, plus the ease of d/ling the data to some central website would be most welcome.

TIA Apple and whomever!

I wish the Nike site would allow walkers to separate from runners. I use the Nike+iPod Sport Kit to log my walks; and its fantastic, but I can't compare any of that to other walkers. I know, I'm closing in on 90 miles since I got the system—I also don't use Nike shoes, my Timberland walking/climbing shoes had a nice little pouch for me to seal the sport kit in—and it would just be great to see if I'm doing less than or more than other walkers.

But for now, I've really just been setting up lots of challenges for myself since comparisons aren't available.

It would be great if there was a kit for skates as well. Some sort of sensor that is stuck to a wheel should do it. Better mind those pebbles and twigs though, as you're scrolling along trying to be cool and all.

Wow. That is very good amount.
That is HUGE!

I wan´t my iPhone now so that we can start making those first billion calls.

One million miles. That’s like running to the moon and back again, then realizing you left something on the moon, so you run there and back again, again!

But only Forest Gump would be crazy enough to log that many miles.

Wacky.