Reconsider buying LifeSpan treadmills if data connectivity is important to you.

This is a complete re-release of the previous versions of this application. It had a difficult if not impossible time actually connecting your computer to the treadmill. It was also a CPU busting memory hog, that often disconnected and crashed. This new version, tagged at 1.2, has a different interface that no longer pins itself to the side of the screen. While less CPU intensive, this version still uses far more CPU cycles than an app like this should. If only the developers would stop using Java to run this application.

Also, connecting the app to the treadmill is a trick that should be made a lot easier. If you are having trouble, like I did, make sure that you are not actually using your treadmill at the time, and that it is in pause mode. Then, press the Bluetooth button so that the blue light is blinking, then launch the app. If you do not execute this sequence in that order, the app will probably not connect, and you will continue to be frustrated with this application and this company. Again, its a mild improvement, but this still is a pretty lousy application.

LifeSpan makes treadmills. They seemingly care almost nothing about software development. What they *should* do is just open up the communications protocol on their devices and let fitness tracking software companies do what they do best. Right now, LifeSpan is trapped in the mid-90s.

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