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I have been holding off on buying a Nike+ in the hopes that a GPS-enabled iPhone 3G app would soon be available to track my runs.

It looks like one might be available soon.

I ran across this on the MacRumor forums…….

Sorry for the late reply. I am the Founder of a company called FitnessKeeper, which is building a run-tracking application for the new iPhone leveraging the built-in GPS. It will enable you to track your run duration, distance, pace, and speed, and feed that data to a web dashboard where you can keep all of your historical runs. It will be available for download through the online Apple Store, and should be launching soon! You can sign up to ne notified when the app is live at www.runkeeper.com, or contact us at info@runkeeper.com with any questions or feedback.

Here is a video demo…….

I took the plunge and ordered an iPhone 3G last Friday.

The folks at the ATT Store told me…..

Your iPhone will be delivered in 7 – 10 days, but that is just what we tell people.  It usually happens faster than that.

I am sure all the technology gurus and all the current iPhone owners would tell me…..

But the product is so amazing.  It is worth the wait.

I am sure all the marketing folks would tell me…..

This is a demand creation strategy by Apple.  People want what they can’t have.  Take Nintendo and the Wii for example.

And I am sure they are all right.  But today is day 7 and my online order status still looks like this…..

I will eventually get my iPhone on day 10 or 15 or ?? and I am sure it will be amazing, but for now I am just a very unsatisfied 1st time customer of Apple & ATT.

:-(

I’ve got about 7 days to convince my wife that our family needs one of these.

I told her I need one before our vacation next month so we could have Google Maps in the car.

That didn’t really work.  I will keep trying.

A site called Twist allows you to see Twitter trends

Here is a trend graph comparing HP, Dell, and Apple……Guess who is who?

Red = Apple

Blue = Dell

Yellow = HP

I guess Apple has an advantage. People could be twittering about the fruit.

Seth Godin posted here about brands and their importance to our lives.

He asks the question….If a known brand were to disappear tomorrow, would you miss them?

Here are some brands I really like…..

They made coffee cool. And their coffee just tastes better than all the rest. And Yes, I would really miss this one if it were to disappear tomorrow.

I hate grocery shopping, but I hate it a little less when I am at HEB.

Fast food done right. Tasty food. Clean restaurants. Amazing customer service.

Ok, so I work at HP and I don’t actually own a single Apple product. But I still think Apple is cool.

You might not recognize this one….but over 1 million people use their web based applications to get things done the simple way. As a Product Manager, I am fascinated by their simple, yet powerful products.