iScore Viewing App
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:57 am
I have recommended an iScoreCast app in the past, but this time I'll explain exactly what I'm requesting and why I'm requesting it.
When it comes to smartphones, it seems that most people live off of apps. I'll use Youtube as an example. On any smartphone, you can easilly go to youtube.com and access anything available on youtube, yet most people just have to use the mobile app instead. I think that same thing could go with iScore. Most of the parents on our team know about iScoreCast, but probably have no idea how to access it on anything other than their desktop or laptop. With the data plans available these days, being out of a wifi area is not as much of an issue as it once was (I think that was one of the arguments that someone used the last time i requested a mobile app). I keep stats for a travel team, and in over 30 tournaments we've been in over the last 2 years, the scoreboards were on in just 1 of those tournaments, and I think that parents would enjoy following the game with their phone instead of having to come to the dugout just to ask us what the score is. I think that an iScoreCast app would be a good idea for those reasons.
I would also like to see some sort of coach's app. During one of our tournaments we hung a Kindle Fire in the dugout and displayed iScoreCast during the game. While the players did enjoy it, we weren't able to get much use out of it. We couldn't see their current hit locations or pitch locations. We also couldn't see the cumulative stats, which I know is available on iScoreCast but I choose to hide those so other teams don't come across our stats. I do print out stats for teams we've previously played, but once the game starts, the stats instantly become out of date. I was thinking that maybe there could be two versions of iScoreCast: a basic version that parents or anyone else who wants to follow the games can view, and a password-protected premium version that displays more information but can only be viewed by people with the password.
Well those are my thoughts. I'm not trying to sound like a whiner. Let me know what you think.
When it comes to smartphones, it seems that most people live off of apps. I'll use Youtube as an example. On any smartphone, you can easilly go to youtube.com and access anything available on youtube, yet most people just have to use the mobile app instead. I think that same thing could go with iScore. Most of the parents on our team know about iScoreCast, but probably have no idea how to access it on anything other than their desktop or laptop. With the data plans available these days, being out of a wifi area is not as much of an issue as it once was (I think that was one of the arguments that someone used the last time i requested a mobile app). I keep stats for a travel team, and in over 30 tournaments we've been in over the last 2 years, the scoreboards were on in just 1 of those tournaments, and I think that parents would enjoy following the game with their phone instead of having to come to the dugout just to ask us what the score is. I think that an iScoreCast app would be a good idea for those reasons.
I would also like to see some sort of coach's app. During one of our tournaments we hung a Kindle Fire in the dugout and displayed iScoreCast during the game. While the players did enjoy it, we weren't able to get much use out of it. We couldn't see their current hit locations or pitch locations. We also couldn't see the cumulative stats, which I know is available on iScoreCast but I choose to hide those so other teams don't come across our stats. I do print out stats for teams we've previously played, but once the game starts, the stats instantly become out of date. I was thinking that maybe there could be two versions of iScoreCast: a basic version that parents or anyone else who wants to follow the games can view, and a password-protected premium version that displays more information but can only be viewed by people with the password.
Well those are my thoughts. I'm not trying to sound like a whiner. Let me know what you think.