Samsung Hope Relay
With just over a month to go before the Olympic Games in London 2012, it seems that the preparations are already in place, and since it cannot Otherwise, the smartphones will have their space on them. Or at least that is what the Korean manufacturer Samsung intends, which today presented an application with which it intends to involve users to train while collaborating with the organization Aldeas Infantiles SOS España
This application is called Samsung Hope Relay, and according to Celestino García , Vice President of Telecommunications at Samsung Spain, “with it we encourage people to play sports. For every kilometer traveled by users registered in this application, Samsung will donate 1 euro to SOS Children's VillagesThis is how we hope to help the education and integration project for 4,500 children in Spain organized by this international organization to help children”. In this way, it not only serves as a sports utility focused on recording race data, but it is also a tool to help to the kids
All of this through an application with a careful visual aspect and that, moreover, is very easy to use as it has a tab system to move between the different menus.A point in favor of this application is the personalization that it allows. Despite not being able to choose the colors or registration of sports other than running, Samsung Hope Relay proposes to create a nice character with the user's face The process is very easy You just have to take a photo or choose one from the gallery the first time the application is launched. After this, it is cut according to different models, adapting the one that best fits the user's face. Finally, a body is chosen according to whether it is a man or a woman, allowing to choose different clothing With it , a unique character is created that can be shared through the social network Facebook where you can get messages of support from friends and other contacts.
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Once the character is created, it is already possible to access all the different sections of the application. The most important one, the second one (from left to right), allows you to start the training It is necessary to activate the function GPS of the terminal to be able to record all the data, and that is that Samsung Hope Relay collects the user journey For its part, the Me tab allows you to see data such as the donation collected, the fastest kilometer achieved or the duration of the last race, plus to be able to edit the character created. The third tab, named Data, provides somewhat more detailed information, emphasizing theworld rankings of both users and teams And it is possible to associate foradd collections thanks to the efforts of various users
Finally, the last two tabs allow you to know the current events of these Olympic Games Specifically, UK Now announces the daily route of the Olympic Torch, which is visiting different places in the United Kingdom For its part, the tab Samsung, for its part, offers information on this brand and other interesting facts about the Olympic Games in London 2012
The presentation of this application in Madrid has had the support of elite athletes such as Fernando Romay, who won a silver medal at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1984 and the current Spanish Marathon Champion, Pablo Villalobos Also present were the General Director of SOS Children's Villages Spain, Pedro Puig, and the well-known chef Paco Roncero All this to support an application that started in the United Kingdom and has already spread to 16 more countries But best of all, Samsung Hope Relay is available for mobile Android and for iPhone in the form completely free, being able to download it from Google Play and iTunes In short, a good way to get fit by helping others
