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The 2011 British Open, which as many of you know is one of the four major golf tournaments on the PGA Tour, begins next week at Royal St. George’s in Sandwich, England.
Of course, we here at MobileMammoth are here to help you prepare so you don’t find yourself fumbling around for leaderboard updates while you’re stuck in a meeting, or, worse yet, shopping of some sort.
Here are a few tried and true mobile websites that will provide the latest British Open Scoring updates as they happen (HINT: Do not try to access these sites from the actual event, as cell phones are offically banned at the British):
Official British Open Mobile Website:
mobile.opengolf.com
Golf.com Mobile Website:
m.golf.com
PGA.com Mobile Website:
mobile.pga.com
July 6th, 2011
We here at MobileMammoth are big sports fans, and you may have read our previous posts about how to get NCAA Basketball Tournament scores to your mobile phone (from 2010) or how to follow March Madness on your mobile phone (2008).
One of the great things about the mobile industry is that there are new developments every year, and 2011 is no different in that respect. This year, the NCAA March Madness on Demand (MMOD) may be the most exciting. It will include mobile apps for viewing live games on your iPhone, iPod Touch, and even the iPad.
The March Madness on Demand mobile apps are not yet available though should be coming out within the next few days, and we’ll update everyone as soon as that happens.
In the meantime, what mobile apps or websites are you planning to use to get your 2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament score updates?
March 7th, 2011
The 2011 Super Bowl between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers kicks off at 6:30pm ET today. If you’re one of the many unlucky who will be traveling for work or attending your nephew’s birthday party, we feel for you!
All is not lost, however. Each year brings more and more ways to follow the Super Bowl scoreboard from almost anywhere. We did a similar post on getting Super Bowl scores on your cell phone back in 2007, and today the options are much greater.
Rather than give you a long list of mobile websites, today time is of the essence and let’s get straight to the tool that does the job quickly. Twitter. Spend just a few minutes now Twitterizing your phone using one of the mobile apps or websites below, while you still have time. Here we go:
- Twitter Mobile Website
- Twitter App for iPhone
- HootSuite for Twitter iPhone App
Then, follow these hashtags:
#superbowl
#sb45
#steelers
#packers
Be sure to save the hashtag searches in whichever Twitter app you choose. Now you are ready to get the latest Super Bowl score from the runway, your car (parked, of course), or even your daughter’s poorly scheduled dance recital.
February 6th, 2011
The SportyPal mobile app helps you track and share your workouts, showing you and your friends how far and how fast you ran, biked, hiked, or just about anything else you did to get from point A to point B.
To see examples of what types of workouts people are tracking using the mobile application, take a look at the latest workouts on their Community Page.
The SportyPal fitness app is available on the iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, and Windows Mobile platforms. To read more details and download the application for your phone, follow the links below.
SportyPal Platforms
Have a great workout!
August 31st, 2010
Looking for a way to stay ahead of your league in your fantasy football draft this year?
The 2010 RotoWire Fantasy Football Draft Kit (Mobile Version) is an iPhone app that creates rankings based on the league scoring settings that you enter. Using your league’s scoring settings, the iPhone app calculates rankings of players, and also provides other information including position depth charts and NFL schedules.
This iPhone app is available for $3.99 from the Apple App Store:
Good luck on your fantasy football draft this year!
August 2nd, 2010
The Versus channel has developed an iPhone app that provides live video from the 2010 Tour de France. At $14.99, it’s not the cheapest iPhone app in the App Store, but by all accounts it is well worth it for cycling and Tour de France fans.
Let us know what you think!
iPhone App:
July 8th, 2010
Three short years ago, we posted details about how to get NCAA scores on your cell phone. As we gear up for another round of March Madness in 2010, we did a quick review of that article and it made us realize how much has changed since then.
One of our recommendations in 2007 was to get text message alerts from CSTV. Coincidentally, about 11 months later, CBS announced is was acquiring CSTV, and it then became part of the newly named “CBS College Sports Network.” (We will assume from this sequence of events that maybe, just maybe, the CBS execs read MobileMammoth.)
Today, of course, it goes without saying that you can get NCAA scoring updates via text message alerts, mobile websites, and through mobile apps for your iPhone, Android, or BlackBerry devices. The best we’ve seen in 2010 so far have come from, well, CBS Sports.
Test out the links below and try them for yourself.
iPhone App:
(Updated to CBS Sports Mobile, Free on iTunes)
BlackBerry App:
Visit www.polarmobile.com/mobileapps/cbsmm2010 from your BlackBerry device (Not available on BlackBerry App World yet).
Mobile Website:
m.cbssports.com
March 11th, 2010
The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver are just a few days away, and NBC has launched some interesting mobile services to let folks follow the action from wherever they are.
The Vancouver Olympics will clearly be the most mobile accessible Olympics in history, with NBC’s mobile website and apps (2 apps, to be exact) providing the following content:
- Top Stories
- Medal Counts
- Athlete Profiles
- Video
- Polls & Trivia
- Live Results & Schedules
- TV Online & Listings
- Vancouver Information
- Photos
NBC is also offering text message and email alerts, and you can sign up here to receive them. The nice thing is that you can select which winter olympic events you want to follow, so you’re phone is not getting a text message after every oh-so-exciting curling match (still not sure how curling is considered an olympic event, a sport, or even a hobby).
Now if only Vancouver could get some snow… Enjoy!
Mobile Website:
m.NBCOlympics.com
OR, text the word Olympics to 51515
February 4th, 2010
The MLB division races are about to be decided, and October means it’s playoff time for baseball in America. The problem is, you will need to get the scores when you’re waiting in line at the pumpkin patch, the costume store, or wherever you’ll be when your not in front of a screen.
Not to worry. We’ve highlighted a few baseball-related mobile websites in the past that will get the job done. The mobile site from MLB offers baseball scores on your mobile phone, as well as highlights and stories. (A quick look today shows that the Toronto Blue Jays just axed their GM).
For World Series Scores to your mobile, check out the review we did on the CBS Sports Mobile Baseball GameCenter application. Note this is currently available for AT&T and Sprint customers only, and there is a monthly subscription fee. Go here for more details.
Alas, my favorite mobile website for baseball scores, stats, and news is still the one at SportsTap MLB. It’s got the best user interface, and scores are updated close to real-time.
So take your pick. Just don’t forget to save them to your favorites in your mobile browser before you head out!
October 3rd, 2009
In a move to broaden exposure of its wildly popular athletic programs, The Southeastern Conference (SEC) recently launched a new mobile website.
The new mobile website displays recent scores, upcoming game schedules, and sports-related news from around the conference. In browsing the site today, I now know that 4th ranked Mississippi plays at USC this Thursday night on ESPN2 in what could be a very close game.
The site also goes a step further by offering instant alerts via cell phone. Users may elect to receive scores or news alerts for the entire conference, or for just a single school.
While this is nothing new in terms of technology, it is certainly exciting to see the SEC on the playing field of the mobile web.
Mobile Website:
m.secdn.com
NOTE: For those west of the Mississippi, USC refers to the University of South Carolina. SEC fans refer to that school near L.A. as Southern Cal.
September 22nd, 2009
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