Posted on October 2, 2009, at 5:13 pm .
The Regular season of the NHL is back. Here are just a few ways that you can keep up with scores, info, and highlights when you’re away from the Den or the Sports bar.
Viigo: Being the ultimate mobile news app, Viigo has extensive sports options. You can get live scores, examine team rosters, league standings, even subscribe to team and news RSS feeds for all your Hockey news needs. Viigo has even partnered with the Toronto Maple Leafs to deliver news and info to their fans:
“We’re excited about our partnership with Viigo which gives our fans unprecedented access to all the information they want to know about the Maple Leafs, where they want and when they want,” said Chris Hebb, Senior VP of Broadcast and Content for Maple Leaf Sport. “Viigo also makes it very easy for Leafs fans to share information about their favourite hockey team with their friends and family anywhere in the world instantaneously.”
Here’s a guide to help you get Viigo set up for your custom mobile NHL news.
Download your free copy of Viigo for Blackberry
ScoreMobile: a leader in sports Programming in Canada The Score and has built a custom app featuring:
- Up-to-the-minute boxscores
- Fantasy player stats
- Dynamic home screen icon
- Live blogs
- Detailed game previews
- Detailed recaps
Download your free copy of ScoreMobile BlackBerry
The Hockey News: Hockey journalism favorite The Hockey News has a Polar Mobile app featuring in-depth articles, as well as quick scores, standings, and stat updates.
Got to THN.mobi to download The Hockey News app
Posted on September 16, 2009, at 10:53 am .
The Score have launched version 1.2 of their BlackBerry app ScoreMobile. The new version of the application features customizable content, game reminder features, and optimized navigation and display functions.
ScoreMobile is a free application and the recent enhancements to the application include:
- Tracking of Favourite Leagues – users will be able to manage which sports they choose to see and hide on their device making tracking and staying up to date on their favourite teams easier than ever before
- Addition of Game Reminders – with two quick clicks, users will be able to add a game to their BlackBerry® Calendar so favourite games will never be missed
- Optimization of Navigation and Display – users can now take advantage of speedier data display and simplified navigation
Check out ScoreMobile in BlackBerry App World free of charge.
Posted on January 7, 2009, at 10:36 am .
Bell has made two recent announcements which show that 2009 will be a big year for them in terms of multimedia content. Firstly, Bell announced yesterday that they have reached a deal with QuickPlay Media to power their live and on-demand services, including live TV and radio.
Wayne Purboo, president and CEO, QuickPlay Media said “QuickPlay is excited that Bell Mobility has chosen us to power its mobile TV services and to build on our long-standing relationship, which now enables Bell to provide subscribers with the option to watch both live and on-demand content on most video-enabled mobile devices. With our flexible mobile video solutions our customers are equipped to not only meet the demands of their customers today, but to accommodate changing mobile content demands and associated service requirements in the future.”
Bell’s first offering is an exciting one for Canadians: live NHL games on NHL Audio, in-game and post-game video highlights, live NHL games through NHL Centre Ice Mobile and real-time text message alerts. For $8/month, Bell subscribers get all this as well as NHL wallpapers, ringtones, Mobile Video Exclusives that has pictures from the past, Fantasy tips and Game of the Week insight.
NHL on Bell Mobility
Posted on December 15, 2008, at 3:40 pm .
Hockey is one of the few things that makes the cold drudgery of Canadian winter bearable. Following the slow death spiral of the Maple Leafs is something that can cheer me up on even the bleakest day.
To keep me and other hockey loving BlackBerry users up to date, The Hockey News has released an update to their popular mobile application, which has seen 18,000 downloads since launching in mid-September. Here’s what hockey fans get with the latest edition of The Hockey News Mobile:
Live scores while games are played, including scoring summaries
Skater and Goalie standings to track your Fantasy picks
Division and Conference standings
Rich colour pictures, THN and CP coverage from across the league
To download THN Mobile (for free!), http://thn.mobi You can see more photos after the jump.
The Hockey News Mobile for BlackBerry
Posted on November 27, 2008, at 12:33 pm .
What do people do over the Thanksgiving weekend? Simply put, most follow sports events, travel to see family and enjoy a great feast (or two). Use Viigo to make each of these activities more enjoyable.
Click through for a guide to using Viigo during the holidays
Posted on November 17, 2008, at 4:24 pm .
Viigo is quickly becoming one of the easiest ways for BlackBerry users to stay up to date on all their sporting news. Following their recent NBA basketball announcement, Viigo has launched its NCAA basketball service, just in time for the start of the Men’s college season. While I don’t normally get NCAA crazy until March Madness begins (there’s just too many NBA games to watch), I must admit the NCAA has already captured my attention (how did Rhode Island almost beat Duke?). I’m also quite interested to see how Stephen Curry, who made a big slash at the tourney last year, progresses as a point guard. Whatever your interest, Viigo’s NCAA service provides access to the scores, schedules, news and commentary you need to follow your alma mater.
For current Viigo/BlackBerry Cool to Go users looking to add the NCAA basketball service, simply select “Sports” from the Viigo home screen and then “Add Sport” from the following page. If you don’t have the BlackBerry Cool To Go version of Viigo yet, click the link below to download it for free! Make sure to also check out Viigo’s NFL, NHL, NCAA Football and Soccer services as well!
Download BlackBerry Cool To Go from Viigo
Posted on September 25, 2008, at 9:41 am .
It’s interesting how some worlds and demographics can overlap so easy. For example, I am a BlackBerry fanatic, but I also live and breathe sports (go Raptors, Habs, Bears, Jays, Tottenham Hotspurs!!). Reuters has an interesting feature today on technology spurring the growth of fantasy sports, and it appears the BlackBerry is playing a significant role:
If Scott Troetel is out with friends when the Indianapolis Colts are playing, he often reaches for his Blackberry to check how running back Joseph Addai is doing. But Troetel, who is 32 and lives in Boulder, Colorado, is not particularly interested in the Colts. Addai’s performance is crucial to “Addai in the Life,” Troetel’s fantasy football team.
It should be noted that there is a lot of money being made off fantasy sports and the BlackBerry space is no exception. Who is in first place? Companies like good BBCool friend 4Info, who expects that 15% of the 500 million text messages they’ll send out this year will be to people seeking sports results to feed into their fantasy sports teams.
Question time, folks: do you love your BlackBerry and sports? If so, how do you use your BlackBerry to stay up to date on all the latest news?
(via Reuters)
Posted on July 16, 2008, at 2:46 pm .
Viigo’s sports portfolio is happily expanding, now locked onto Formula One, NASCAR, Tour de France and IndyCar news. Sports are a big part of Viigo’s new default channel listing, and the possibility of not only checking your scores, but also getting upcoming events, news items via RSS, and hey who knows, maybe even live video on your BlackBerry someday. If you’re packing the latest beta of Viigo, scope out the Sports channel, and if you’re still on the classic, hit menu, go to Add Channel, Sports, Chose Sport, then Motorsport to keep tabs on the fastest-moving billboards on the planet. Haven’t heard of Viigo? It’s a great little RSS-reader for your BlackBerry that’s working on delivering all sorts of content and services in its ongoing Project Tango. It’s free, so go on and pick up Viigo!
