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Local Flavors of ESPN coming to iOS
Local Flavors of ESPN coming to iOS is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
ESPN considers themselves to be “The Worldwide Leader in Sport.” In an effort to further assert that reign, last year the network launched local versions of their website. Each of these local markets were catered to, with special in-depth coverage that was specific to their geography. As you can well imagine, this concept was a smash hit, inspiring 5.7 million unique pageviews in the last month alone.
Seeing the opportunity to further enhance this coverage, ESPN has decided to supplement the sites with their own free iPhone apps, choosing to focus on the Dallas, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York markets.
So what can you expect from these tools? The ESPN MediaZone has the full breakdown:
- Top local and national news stories;
- GPS-activated local weather updates;
- Blog posts and tweets from each of the local contributors to the sites;
- Interactive scoreboard;
- Access to local SportsCenter video and audio clips;
- Stadium guides for all local professional sports teams;
- Schedules;
- Text direct to ESPN Radio stations in Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York;
- Live digital audio from the ESPN Radio stations;
This is an amazing idea that I really wish someone could have thought of sooner. However, a great idea is only as good as its execution. Fortunately the good folks over at ESPN have provided us with a basic video overview of how each regional app will operate.
There are many facets to this application that I am curious about. First of, what is the deal with not giving Detroit a local version? Hell, we have a representation in all of the major sport leagues and numerous minor/development league franchises. Sure, the city may be a burnt out husk of what Chicago is, but we still love our teams… okay, well the Red Wings at least.
Secondly, will there be any ability to add in streaming of local sports, possibly at a cost to the user? I know of many sports fans that would gladly pay a little extra each month for the ability to view their team of choice from the comfort of a wireless hotspot. Plus, for those that have been separated from the city of their birth, such as military personnel, it could be viewed as a very welcome taste of home.
I look forward to see how successful these apps can be, and just hope they wise up and start targeting Detroit soon!
[ Local Flavors of ESPN coming to iOS is a post from 148Apps ]
Friday Five: June 18th, 2010
Friday Five: June 18th, 2010 is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
It’s Friday! Hurray! Of course, for me it’s summer vacation and Fridays aren’t quite as exciting. But, we’ve still got our traditional sampling of delightful new releases from the past week, so that’s something. Big names like ngmoco and Illusion Labs make an appearance this week, as well as a few more mainstream companies like ESPN. Enjoy!
Godfinger
Godfinger from ngmoco allows you to build up a little world of cartoony followers and exert your godly powers on them. In Godfinger, you can be a kind, caring deity—performing Wonders and helping your civilization prosper—or a wicked demagogue, leaving a path of destruction in your wake. You can control sun, rain, lightning, floods, and fire. As you play Godfinger, your actions shape the terrain and your populace’s opinion. It’s almost ngmoco’s answer to Pocket God. Go on, give it a try and test out your godly abilities…Godfinger, like many of ngmoco’s newer games, is free.
FREE!
iPhone App – Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Released: 2010-06-17 :: Category: Games / Action
Geometry Wars: Touch
Geometry Wars was already a classic Xbox game, but it made its iPad debut back in March. Now, it’s a universal app, meaning that iPhone and iPod owners can get in on the action! Geometry Wars is a simplistic arcade shooter with basic, geometric graphics and a strong retro theme. It also was one of the first major games to make good use of the dual-stick shooter system that’s so popular on the App Store today. The iPhone/iPad version also includes a brand-new mode, Titan, in which you gradually break giant foes apart into swarms of smaller pieces.
$4.99
+ Universal App – Designed for iPhone and iPad
Released: 2010-04-01 :: Category: Games / Arcade
ESPN Pinball
In honor of the World Cup, ESPN has a released a pinball app with some football-themed tables (ahem, soccer for us Americans). There’s also a Basketball table. The new pinball app is full of flashy graphics and boasts pass-and-play multiplayer, global and local leaderboards, and voice-overs from ESPN Sports Center host Jay Harris. It’s a marriage of a TV network, sports, and pinball…if that sounds a little strange, well, it is, but the game looks like some solid pinball fun nevertheless.
$3.99
iPhone App – Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Released: 2010-06-14 :: Category: Games / Sports
Onion News Network
Where would we be without the Onion? In case you haven’t heard of this magnificent publication, the Onion is a completely satirical news network with both an online and a print publication. (Yes, that’s right: you can get a real Onion newspaper.) Their stories are funny, witty, snide, and clever; you’d be crazy not to enjoy browsing them. The Onion’s new app gives you mobile access to the entire Onion archives, including both textual stories and videos. There’s not much more to say: it’s a typical newspaper app. The only difference is that the Onion is anything but a serious, esteemed publication. It’s here to make you grin, and, perhaps, think.
FREE!
iPhone App – Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Released: 2010-06-11 :: Category: News
Foosball HD
Illusion Labs has long expressed an interest in touchscreen gaming on larger screens (think back to their tabletop demo of Touchgrind) and now they’ve released an impressive iPad-only title: Foosbal HD. Foosball HD takes full advantage of the iPad’s large screen, transforming it into a top-down view of a foosball table designed perfectly for “local multiplayer”: both you and your friend just play foosball! You can also play against the computer, of course, but multiplayer is the real draw. Foosball seems like a natural fit for the iPad, and it’s great to see Illusion Labs putting the iPad to good use. Sorry, iPhone users; this one isn’t for us.
$2.99
iPad Only App – Designed for the iPad
Released: 2010-06-11 :: Category: Games / Simulation
[ Friday Five: June 18th, 2010 is a post from 148Apps ]