August 3, 2010 SoundofMotion announces the VeloComputer Power application for BlackBerry® Storm family of smartphones and introduces the new VeloComputer Bluetooth wheel and pedal sensor. In combination with the high precision Bluetooth sensor, Version 8 of the award-winning VeloComputer offers a new level of precision measurement for distance, spot speed, acceleration, cadence along with road grade and power analysis.
June 9, 2010 The new VeloComputer Sensor version 3.6 is on the cutting edge of precision in cycling sports performance measurement. It continues its history of innovation, combining accuracy in wheel rotation measurement with integrated cadence sensor. The revolutionary VeloComputer dual sensor accurately measures distance, spot speed, acceleration and cadence allowing VeloComputer mobile application to calculate propelled power and other performance data.
January 4, 2010 SoundOfMotion launches the VeloComputer application at the OVI Nokia application store for the Nokia N97 and N97 mini. VeloComputer transforms mobile phones with accelerometers into advanced cycling computers featuring speed, acceleration, cadence, trip tracking and VeloTones for audible performance feedback.
December 21, 2009 The new VeloComputer Sensor is on the cutting edge of precision in sports application measurement. It continues its history of innovation, adopting the newest bluetooth low energy technology. Now the revolutionary VeloComputer Sensor can stay on your wheel and keep you at the top of your game on a single coin cell battery for months.
November 13, 2009 SoundOfMotion is releasing the next version of it's fork mounted 1-degree precision VeloComputerTMbluetooth cycling sensor, which is 360 times more accurate than traditional cycling computers. The new sensor works with the VeloComputerTM application on BlackBerry, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson Phones.
October 21, 2009 SoundOfMotion has released VeloComputerTM 6 Light for GPS equipped phones from BlackBerry, LG, Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Sony-Ericsson and other Java based devices. VeloComputerTM 6 Light transforms mobile phones with GPS into a cycling computer with advanced trip tracking and VeloTones® for audible speed and acceleration feedback.
September 18, 2009 SoundOfMotion has released VeloComputerTM 7 on Google Android Market. VeloComputerTM transforms mobile phones with GPS and accelerometer into an advanced cycling computer with features like trip tracking on Google Maps and cadence without any additional sensors on a bike. VeloComputerTM also introduces VeloTones® for audible feedback about speed and cadence. Keep your eyes on the road, not your computer display!
August 13, 2009 SoundOfMotion launches VeloComputerTM application on Sony Ericsson PlayNow Arena mobile store in Europe. VeloComputerTM transforms Sony Ericsson mobile phones into an advanced cycling computer featuring speed, acceleration, cadence, trip tracking with Google Earth and VeloTones® for audible performance feedback.
July 9, 2009 SoundOfMotion releases 1 degree precision VeloComputerTM bluetooth sensor for cycling tour trials in UK, France, US and Canada. This unique sensing technology is at least 360 times more accurate than traditional cycling computers and works with VeloComputerTM on Blackberry Storm, Sony Ericsson JP8 mobile phones, LG Renoir and Nokia N97.
June 1, 2009 SoundOfMotion has released VeloComputerTM for BlackBerry Storm on BlackBerry App World. This release coincides with the SoundOfMotion Java technology being featured at JavaOne 2009 conference sponsored by Sun Microsystems Inc. VeloComputerTM transforms mobile smartphones with GPS and accelerometer into a cycling computer with a cadence monitor.
March 26, 2009 VeloComputer6 transforms GPS and accelerometer capable mobile phones into a cycling computer with a cadence monitor. Strap a phone on a thigh with a sport holster or just put it in a pocket of cycling tights and get your cadence from built-in accelerometer. The speed and distance is obtained from GPS. It is also ready for the VeloComputerTM 1-degree precision bluetooth low energy sensor.
January 27, 2009 SoundOfMotion releases VeloComputerTM version 5 with innovative way to monitor cyclists' cadence. A mobile phone with built-in accelerometer can be strapped on a cyclist's thigh with a sports holster or in a special pocket in cycling tights. The accelerometer detects up and down movement of legs. The mobile application calculates cadence in crankshaft rotations per minute. The new technology simplifies cadence measurement on any bicycle and makes cadence sensors mounted on a crankshaft obsolete. VeloTonesTM also provide a way to obtain cadence information audibly via custom digital sounds played on phone's speakers or a headset. With this technology cyclists don't even need to look at the display and keep their eyes on the road.
December 17, 2008 SoundOfMotion has been allocated the Design and Innovation award for their innovative and targeted solution for cyclists. In accordance to the panel of judges the solution is of great potential for other outdoor sports as well. This mobile application leverages the haptic sensor embedded in new mobile devices, while measuring speed and distance through an innovative Bluetooth sensor attached to one of the bike's wheels.
August 18, 2008 Almost all cyclists carry a mobile phone but only as a dead weight. VeloComputerTM transforms a Bluetooth® mobile phone into a highly accurate cycling computer. VeloComputerTM consists of a 1-degree precision wireless sensor and a Java application for mobile devices. It is at least 360 times more accurate then a traditional cycling computer. The innovative and highly accurate 1-degree sensing technology allows adding a power meter and cadence to future releases of VeloComputerTM without any additional sensors mounted on a bicycle.
June 20, 2008 The Software Development Kit will enable developers to create unique applications using the advantages of 1-degree precision motion sensing technology and widely available Bluetooth® devices. SoundOfMotion's innovative sensing technology is at least 360 times more accurate than traditional cycling sensors.
March 4, 2008 Nokia's Mobile Rules jury has evaluated the SoundOfMotion's technology as being among the best in Mobile Rules! '08 Technology Innovation Competition. SoundOfMotion is a creator of the first bicycle computer for mobile devices and an innovative wheel sensor which is hundreds times more accurate than traditional cycling computer sensors.
January 10, 2008 Cyclists routinely rely on bike computers to determine their spot speed and maintain average speed at a certain pace. However, constantly looking at a computer display is not practical and could be dangerous while cycling. VeloTonesTM, like ringtones or truetones, are MP3 sounds for mobile devices like cell phone or PDA. They allow cyclists to determine speed without the need to look at the display.
October 5, 2007 Java.com, a division of Sun Microsystems, features the first Mobile Bicycle Computer, created by SoundOfMotion for mobile devices. Stop lugging your cell phone as dead weight while cycling. Put it to work as a bicycle computer. The innovative Bluetooth wireless motion sensor is at least 250 times more accurate than traditional cycling computers. It accurately measures speed and acceleration, and could measure torque and power without any additional sensors.
August 23, 2007 Already #3 in PC Magazine's Top 10 bike gadgets, SoundOfMotion's bicycle computer for mobile devices achieved a Java verified status, which sets the gold standard of quality for mobile Java applications. Through the Java Verified signature SoundOfMotion.com gains access to marketing and distribution channels offered by Java.com, Motorola, Nokia, Orange, LG, Sony Ericsson and Vodafone.
June 14, 2007 SoundOfMotion.com released version 2.0 of a bicycle computer on a mobile phone. New features include large color graphic display, travel data recording and sound simulation for safety. New Bluetooth wireless sensor is 250 times more accurate that traditional bike computers.
