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iSMARTtrain featured in the ‘Staff Choice’ section in the Jan/Feb ’06 issue of Bicycling magazine. Executive Editor Bill Strickland says “a full-function riding log (including heart rate and altitude) that flawlessly allows a Polar monitor to speak to Mac”. We sent the magazine a review copy in the middle of last year, and I noticed…

V4.0 Beta 17’s out tonight. Unless there’s any major bugs in this version, this is the release candidate.  Download from http://www.ismarttrain.com/beta/ Now shows correct units for climb when a new session is added Can now set the ‘bucket’ width for distribution graph Added Menu Items to link to Website, Support Page and Mailing List sign-up page…

V4.0 Beta 16 is released tonight. We’re getting pretty close to final release now, so please let me have any bugs you find or questions that you have.  Download from http://www.ismarttrain.com/beta/ Known Bugs in this release Garmin Forerunner 205, 301, 305 & Edge 205 & 205 downloads don’t work CycleOps Joule downloads may fail downloading multiple…

[vimeo 126395032 w=500 h=281] Here’s our new video for iSMARTtrain, which gives a brief overview of how the new version works. It was filmed using a Garmin VIRB Elite and a Canon 100D. The screen captures where done using ScreenFlow 5.0 and the video was edited in iMovie. The opening scenes were filmed earlier with…

Beta 33 of iSMARTtrain is now available. As usual, you can download a copy from http://www.ismarttrain.com/Beta/. As before, this release requires a valid serial number – V2.0 serial numbers are valid. For the remainder of the Beta period, we’ve held the price at $39.95/€34.95/£23.95. You can buy a serial number here – Mac or PC….

With the release of Mac OS X 10.11, Apple has removed some of the restrictions on using Apple Maps in applications. In previous releases of Mac OS X, only apps sold via the Mac App store could use Apple Maps, similar to the restrictions placed on iCloud. If you’re using 4.0.7 on El Capitan, you’ll…