14 DAY TRIAL // Berbie has updated its route-planning software for Mac OS X, TrailRunner. TrailRunner is a route-planning app for Mac OS X that can calculate a route for the desired distance. The software is freely available for download and can export directions onto the users' iPods.
With TrailRunner, users get detailed orientation, while keeping the workout going. In recent releases, the company has introduced the ability to display collected workout data within the program, matching the recordings with routes created by users. TrailRunner integrates with nikeplus.com, the online community for the Nike SportBand, and the Apple Nike+ iPod Sport Kit-running devices. In TrailRunner 2.1 beta 05, Berbie has fixed some migration problems for the diary, as well as a problem renaming a route in it.
TrailRunner is still in the pre-release state. All current releases of TrailRunner will run for about three months. Berbie urges users to regularly update to the most current version, as well as review and accept the License Agreement that comes with the application, before using it. TrailRunner versions above 1.6 (including the one available for download today) require Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard to run. The only remaining version supported on Tiger is TrailRunner 1.6.
"TrailRunner is an outstanding free route planning and journaling application for Mac OS X. Send your GPS recordings directly from Trails to TrailRunner to analyze and compare your jogs, walks and hikes. Use TrailRunner to collect, edit and publish your trips and adventures." Felix Lamouroux, developer of Trails for iPhone, said. Trails is a useful and reliable GPS recording application for the iPhone. Currently available in the App Store, the four-dollar app is the only GPS tool that allows users to record, import and export tracks onto the iPhone. Trails is also an iTunes Staff Favorite.