I’m not a fan of added functionality just for the sake of it. Too many gadgets and gizmos at the moment go for the “jack of all trades” approach, and as such end up being relitavely poor at any of the things they try to do.

But I was pleasantly suprised when I happened across this little gadget - a pedometer with a built in panic alarm.

You may well laugh (a couple of people I’ve talked to about this have done) but give me a chance.

Who is likely to want a pedometer? a walker? a jogger? quite possibly someone concerned about their weight? someone with low self esteem? someone vulnerable?

And when are they likely to be using it? early morning or after work. So for a large part of the year (depending on where you live, obviously) you might be jogging in bad light.

You might not want to jog on busy roads and jogging thru crowds of people is difficult. And you probably want to be carrying as little as possible.

So, combining two rather useful devices might actually be rather a good idea - expecially if you might not otherwise consider carrying a panic alarm.