iPhone Apps for Sports
I desperately needed a new cell phone. The old Verizon phone worked okay but had been abused by years of bad hands and visiting the asphalt up close and personal. While I was happy with the reception I got from Verizon, it was tough to respond to text messages. I think each short message I responded to took about five minutes to complete.
My wife once again took matters into her own hands and surprised me with an Apple iPhone. Like everything else I have come to expect from Apple, I was surprised by its functionality, light weight and plethora of gadgets.
Ah, yes, the gadgets.
It did not take long to get hooked on all of the gadgets that have been created for this mobile device. Here I will review some of the free and paid sports applications.
Top 10 Paid Sports Apps according to Apple
According to statistics on the iPhone, Madden NFL 2010 is the top grossing app currently listed. It costs $9.99 but fans rated it 4/5 stars out of five so they must know what they are talking about. If you click on the photo to the left, iPhone provides the top 10 paid sports apps. It is not a surprise that the leader in this category is Fantasy Football 2009. A related app, ESPN Fantasy Football, at $4.99, is rated fourth on the list of top 25 top grossing apps (there is a difference in categories) and Golf shot GPS, with a $29.99 price tag is listed in the number nine slot.
I have not tried any of these applications nor been invited to test or write about them so I cannot tell you how good they are. If you look down to the right, I have also provided a picture of the top 10 free apps which again is a Fantasy Football app from Yahoo!
I have started to download a few items, both sports and non sports related, so I can review and speak to these a bit. The ESPN app is a cool and allows you to find the scores of major sports very fast. The value of apps is that information is pushed directly to you, extremely fast. The need for visiting a web site to receive specific information like sports scores is over. I have loaded the ESPN app MLB scores, NFL scores, NBA scores, men’s and women’s tesnnis singles scores and NHL scores as well as PGA tour updates.
Top 10 Free Sports Apps according to Apple
MLB.com has a free app called At Bat Lite. It willl give you the line score of the games and you can easily move to the standings and the latest baseball video.
Nike teamed with iPod to offer a great application for anyone that likes to work out. The app will sync with selected music you have and play the exact song you need when the time is right. The program offers categoeis which include a basic mode (open ended workout), timed, distance and a calorie counter. I am ashamed to say I have not tried it out yet.
This review is just trying to give you a taste of what is out there. When I went to iTunes and then to the sports section of the apps available, there more 109 pages of apps. Each NFL team for example, has a free app which lists the 2009-10 regular season football schedule. The apps are endless and I must say a bit mind boggling.
While these apps are sports related, I have also reviewed other non sports related applications on my business blog. It includes things you would expect like facebook, LinkedIn and Skpye but also some that you may or may not know about like Bump and Shazam.
You can see this review by going to www.coast2coastexperts.com and clicking on the link to the blog section, which is located at the top of the page. These apps are more practical for every day life. If you don’t have an Apple iPhone, some of this might seem a bit foreign to you. Just to give you a taste, here is a link to a video on one of the Bump app. Enjoy.
