This is something we don’t see often enough: outside-the-box thinking applied to sports armbands for the iPhone. Digifit—an outfit we’ve covered before that makes fitness tracking devices and software—took the tired old bicep-hugging armband and slid it all the way down to the forearm; presto, no more yoga poses just to see your lap times.
Digifit’s $30 Saddle is a rubberized half-case attached to a mounting platform that attaches onto a forearm with rip-and-stick straps. If you’re using an ANT+ dongle to measure heart rate, there’s a little slot at the bottom where the 30-pin or Lightning port sits. That’s it.
It’s somewhat similar to the WristOffice, another smartphone-toting forearm strap. The WristOffice doesn’t have the protective rubber, but it can be rotated.
Source: Digifit
When he was eight, Eli Milchman came home from frolicking in the Veld one day and was given an Atari 400. Since then, his fascination with technology has made him an intrepid early adopter of whatever charming new contraption crosses his path. He calls San Francisco home, where he works as a journalist and photographer. Eli has contributed to the pages of Wired.com and BIKE Magazine, among others. Hang with him on Twitter.
