There are a lot of nice and useful applications that you can get from Nokia Beta labs, one of them is the Nokia Step counter. Like any other step counter, it's based on body movements and vibrations.

This application is free (we all know everyone likes free stuff) and it’s still in beta, hence being in Nokia Beta Labs. It can be set up to turn on automatically when the phone starts so you don’t have to worry about starting it. It uses your phone’s accelerometer technology to sense your body movement.

The interface is pretty easy to understand. You can create user profile under settings. Diary shows you the date that you used your step counter and progress will show you the summary per week.            

Some test that I did was walking lightly with the phone in my hand and I was not getting any step count. Also when I shook the phone itself it started counting steps, which in turn tells us that if you run the application and you’re not walking, it could continuously counting steps. There are some people who subconsciously tap their foot while sitting down and could lead to vibrations on your legs that could activate the step counter.
It’s better to use it on normal walks and make sure to close the app if not in use.

To summarize, the Nokia Step counter is a good freeware tool that can get close to a regular step counter that you can buy for $10. We can use it as a basis or average step counter and calories burned. So give it a spin, it wouldn’t hurt to try it’s very easy to use. Download Nokia Step Counter here.

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