I've had one for a couple of weeks (first time in about seven or eight years that I've upgraded my phone with my network, and I was actually moving to a cheaper tariff). I haven't had it "coach" me yet, I've just been getting used to using the controls and what not. I also did the Assessment run, to be told that my fitness level is "intermediate"

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I don't want to listen to music when I run so the inspirational-Rocky-loadsa-steps-music-moments mode won't matter to me. The voice messages are easy to hear using the inbuilt speaker, even when the phone is zipped up in the pouch on my arm. I've read one review that mentioned the pedometer signal to the phone being lost from time to time but I haven't had any trouble with that.
"She" starts to coach me on Tuesday morning, when I do the first run of a programme I put together a couple of days ago. My last "Free Run" will be tomorrow morning.
I've not used a heart rate monitor before, so have nothing to compare it to, but the adidas Web site seems to work quite well and even just comparing heart rate graphs with those of previous runs is helpful for motivation.
Do people who use HRM wrist watches spend much time checking the display for their current heart rate? If you're someone who's used to doing that, the phone in the pouch in the upper arm is not so convenient, but you can get voice feedback at any time during your run on any or all for the following by tapping the front of the phone gently twice in quick succession: distance, time, heart rate, calories burned, pace and stride rate.
The battery cover on mine was a real pain to remove when I wanted to take the SIM out for the first time, such that I really had to use a lot of force and phone flexed a lot and it is a little creaky and plasticky at times, but at 80 grammes, I can't complain. The phone will not sync properly with Outlook 2002, which is what I have, but apparently will with 2003 or 2007...
One review I read dismissively suggested that the miCoach idea was rubbish because who'd want to be interrupted by a phone call mid-run. Needless to say, you can set it up so that you don't get calls, texts or e-mails during your run.
Yorkie said:
Hi, has anyone tried the Samsung Micoach? I'm thinking of getting one and wondering if it is any good?