iOS 4 Poses Incompatibilities with Nike + Gear, Users Say

A thread over at the Nike + support forum reveals there may be some incompatibilities with iOS 4 and the Nike + gear. Users of supported iPhone and iPod touch models are reporting a flurry of issues using the exercise companion system, including difficulties in linking with the sensor, the inability to resume a workout after a pause, and more.

Lacks of spoken feedback, or uncomfortably-loud spoken feedback are also issues reported by Nike + Discussion users. For others, workout distance totals are double their true distance, while new workout distances fail to be added to workout totals. Some are also signaling their playlists are out of order.

Monitoring the thread is a Nike representative who said the company has assigned a team “to summarize and quantify this information for internal purposes and for [their] colleagues at Apple.” The Nike rep suggests that a fix will be available soon.

The Nike+iPod Sports Kit is a device that tracks the distance and pace of a walk or run. The kit consists of a small accelerometer attached to or embedded in a shoe, which communicates with either the Nike+ Sportband, a receiver plugged into an iPod (or directly with a second or third generation iPod touch, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4). The receiver, in turn, talks to software installed on the respective iPod or iPhone. The solution also comprises computer software, used to sync the resulted data after a run, or workout.

In related news, millions are also awaiting a firmware fix from Apple. Mostly affecting iPhone owners, more iOS 4 incompatibility issues emerge with the passing of each day. Apple’s Discussions forums are filled with complaints regarding many aspects of the new software. For example, iPod touch users are reporting short battery life after applying the update. Others simply could not install the new software to begin with, while those who could, rebooted their devices to blurry pictures, unresponsive apps, missing contacts and SMS archive, and more.