Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dave Royal Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Steps counting apps Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 22:41:14 +0100 (GMT+01:00) Organization: news.eternal-september.org Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 23:41:14 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="762659343edbff1e6ae6adfcd5f09923"; logging-data="1876900"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+QJZDW4yapvDt9/qgr5vaP" Cancel-Lock: sha1:t7wjMXOwmg+xE1whTzq/e+t1c8w= X-Newsreader: Mod.PiaoHong.Usenet.Client:2.02.M16 Bytes: 2448 Jim the Geordie Wrote in message: > In article , hugybear@gmx.net says... >> >> On 16.05.24 19:05, Dave Royal wrote: >> > Jim the Geordie Wrote in message: >> >> I just set up 4 apps before going out. When I got back: they said I had >> >> taken 305, or 476, or 210, or 558 steps!!! >> > >> > You can't have been out for long! Or they grossly underestimate. >> > Why not do a test, count your steps, and see which one us best? >> >> +1; even the 558 steps are at best 250 m. >> >> > I see there's an NHS app: have you got that? And there are - or >> > were - pedometers - maybe on ebay. >> >> The whole issue depends on the sensor quality of the phone and how/where >> the phone is placed during the count. > > all on the same phone at the same time Looking at auctions of old pedometers on ebay I see that they often clipped to the waistband or a belt. If I actually wanted to count my steps I might offer a few quid for this: THE SUN WALKERS Walk-o-meter Step Counter Vintage Collectable. (That's the Sun newspaper and Walkers as in crisps. ) Or maybe the wrist band made by Kelloggs. -- Remove numerics from my email address.