After cars, speaker systems, jackets and endless other products the latest to join the list of iPod integration bandwagon are exercise machines. The world's leading commercial provider of exercise equipment Life Fitness, a division of Brunswick Corp will soon rollout products which offer seamless integration with the Apple iPod. The new fitness machines, equipped with liquid-crystal display touchscreens, will allow users to plug in iPods and headphones and peruse their song libraries or watch their videos on the console as they would on the portable player itself. This will recharge the gadget's battery at the same time.
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This is just the beginning as it is a matter of time before leading exercise equipment manufacturers announce support for the iPod. Life Fitness will make its first iPod ready product available by end of March.
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