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The iPod took portable music to a new frontier and now it’s doing the same for the running shoe.

Apple Computer Inc. pushed its digital music player in that direction yesterday when it announced a kit that helps turn the popular Nano device into a pedometer.

The kit, called iPod + Nike, wirelessly transmits information from some Nike Inc. running shoes to Apple’s iPod Nano device so runners can tell how many calories they’ve burnt, the length of time they’ve been running or how many kilometres they’ve covered during a workout. More.