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Performance Phones develops innovative applications that leverage the power of smartphones to provide performance information to athletes, coaches, and spectators.
Our first product, CrewNerd, is designed for rowing & paddling enthusiasts.
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Concept2 Logbook now supported!
CrewNerd now allows you to directly upload workout data to your Concept2 Logbook account. This is in addition to the existing support for Strava, TrainingPeaks, and Sportlyzer. We also worked with Concept2 to enable on-the-water workouts to show interval details … Continue reading
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CrewNerd now supports the Vaaka paddle cadence sensor
For rowers and paddlers, there’s probably no performance metric that’s more important than the current stroke rate. CrewNerd uses your phone’s accelerometer to measure stroke rate, provided your phone is mounted securely to your water craft so that it can … Continue reading
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New Customer Support Site
We were recently forced to move to a new provider for our customer support site due to the shutdown of our former site. You can find our new site at https://support.performancephones.com. The CrewNerd app will be updated to refer to … Continue reading
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CrewNerd turns 10!
Ten years ago, in April 2009, CrewNerd was first published in the iPhone app store, under the name “SpeedCoach Mobile”. Since then, we’ve added many new features (mostly based on your feedback) and developed a version for Android. To celebrate, … Continue reading
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New phone mounting options from LifeProof
We’ve been recommending the waterproof cases from LifeProof for our CrewNerd customers for several years now, but finding good mounting solutions on the water has sometimes been challenging depending on the kind of boat and rigging you’re working with. The folks … Continue reading
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Fast GPS with CrewNerd
We recently added support for fast GPS (up to 10 readings per second) on the iPhone using the Dual Corporation XGPS150/160 external GPS receivers. The faster sample rate makes it possible to shrink your speed smoothing window down to the … Continue reading
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CrewNerd supports Sportlyzer.com
We’re pleased to announce that CrewNerd now supports direct workout uploads to Sportlyzer.com from both our iOS and Android versions. With Sportlyzer, you can easily save and share all of your workout data. Track your workout load and heart rate zones … Continue reading
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CrewNerd supports TrainingPeaks.com
We’re excited to announce that CrewNerd now supports the premier web site for athletes and coaches – TrainingPeaks.com. One of the top requests we’ve received from customers is to be able to upload workout data directly to the web for … Continue reading
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CrewNerd now available for Android!
We’re excited to announce that CrewNerd is now available for Android devices. The Android version includes nearly all of the features that you’ve come to know and love on the iPhone. More on that in a minute… first, some details. … Continue reading
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Recent iOS updates
We’ve made a couple of updates to the iOS version recently. Version 4.05 made it possible for all rowers & paddlers to get performance data from the iPhone by speech output. This was originally developed for vision-impaired athletes, but is … Continue reading
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