Free SB Nation Phone App Now Available!

by Jim McLennan on Aug 25, 2011 12:01 PM EDT in Randomness

The SB Nation iPhone app is now available in the App Store! And it's Free! Now you can stay on top of all the latest news and commentary for AZ SnakePit and all 300+ SB Nation blogs from your iPhone. If you have one. Which I don't, being a complete Luddite as far as mobile technology is concerned - you can have my Motorola RAZR when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers... But, I have to say - I'm now kinda tempted. This is what it looks like - details, after the jump

With the SB Nation iPhone app you can:

Get the latest, breaking sports news as it happens
Customize your news with your favorite teams, sports and blogs (which, of course, should naturally include AZ SnakePit!)
Get notified of updates to the stories you choose to follow on the various hubs, such as SBNation.com, regional sites, Baseball Nation, and MMA Nation
And this is the big one - read and reply to comments, which has been a bit of an issue on some mobile devices previously.

Here's how to get it:

Go to the App Store on your iPhone and search for "SB Nation"

-- OR --

Go here and click "Download Now"

FAQ

An Android version of the app is coming soon. Hopefully by the end of the year
The app is free
Comments are basic read-and-reply, but SB Nation has plans to enhance them in future updates
You can use your existing SB Nation user name and password to log in to the app

Any questions, feedback, comments? E-mail support@sbnation.com.

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oooooo…. shiny!
I hope that it has the online features of scrolling through the comments. and better posting than you could do from the web. I hardly ever post when I check the site from my mobile phone b/c it’s rather clumsy now.

"Baseball fans are junkies, and their heroin is the statistic." Robert S. Wieder

by njjohn on Aug 25, 2011 12:07 PM EDT reply actions

Nice!

Just got it on my iPod, looks pretty cool so far. I like that you can set up your “lineup” of blogs you follow to make it easier to keep track of them.

"Never ignore a coincidence. Unless you're busy, in which case always ignore a coincidence."

by kishi on Aug 25, 2011 12:11 PM EDT reply actions

pretty cool

Easy to use

by Augdogs on Aug 25, 2011 12:23 PM EDT via iPhone app reply actions

testing 123....

Hmmm.

I stopped reading. Now I just write sarcastic, angry comments.. -- soco
They're not even cooking the ice! -- kishi

by snakecharmer on Aug 25, 2011 12:25 PM EDT via iPhone app reply actions

Glad you guys like it

Thanks for the kind words. Hope you guys love it as much as we do.

by Mark_Hanna on Aug 25, 2011 12:26 PM EDT reply actions

Thanks for all the work...

"Baseball fans are junkies, and their heroin is the statistic." Robert S. Wieder

by njjohn on Aug 25, 2011 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Hi Mark,

if we had notes or bugs, should we send them to you?

I stopped reading. Now I just write sarcastic, angry comments.. -- soco
They're not even cooking the ice! -- kishi

by snakecharmer on Aug 25, 2011 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions

That would be the part that says:

Any questions, feedback, comments? E-mail support@sbnation.com.

Daron "...the D. Baxter fan-club"
Mark: "A non-profit organization."

by Jim McLennan on Aug 25, 2011 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions

But that goes to everybody :P

I stopped reading. Now I just write sarcastic, angry comments.. -- soco
They're not even cooking the ice! -- kishi

by snakecharmer on Aug 25, 2011 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions

You could try snakecharmerspersonalsupportminion@sbnation.com

But I’m not sure he’s in today. :-)

Daron "...the D. Baxter fan-club"
Mark: "A non-profit organization."

by Jim McLennan on Aug 25, 2011 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

He'd BETTER be in :D

I stopped reading. Now I just write sarcastic, angry comments.. -- soco
They're not even cooking the ice! -- kishi

by snakecharmer on Aug 25, 2011 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Now if only I had an iPhone...

Who needs ponies? We've got St. Penelope!

by imstillhungry95 on Aug 25, 2011 12:29 PM EDT reply actions

I feel

All editors should have been provided with an iPhone for test purposes, but there appeared to be derisive snorting from our overlords at this suggestion… :-)

Daron "...the D. Baxter fan-club"
Mark: "A non-profit organization."

by Jim McLennan on Aug 25, 2011 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions

sounds reasonable to me.

"Baseball fans are junkies, and their heroin is the statistic." Robert S. Wieder

by njjohn on Aug 25, 2011 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Man

They are just completely unreasonable about things sometimes.

"Never ignore a coincidence. Unless you're busy, in which case always ignore a coincidence."

by kishi on Aug 25, 2011 2:09 PM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions

it doesn't, but eh

by CaptainCanuck on Aug 25, 2011 4:02 PM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions

whoooooahhh

major reply fail hahaha. That was meant to be dbacks25 waaay down below…

by CaptainCanuck on Aug 25, 2011 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions

It sounds perfectly reasonable to me

And then you should just hand them out to random (or maybe not so random) posters as a thank-you

Who needs ponies? We've got St. Penelope!

by imstillhungry95 on Aug 25, 2011 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions

I got one now

its amazing. It makes other smart phones (and I’ve had two other highly regarded smart phones) seem like the old land line phones where one had to ring up an operator to make a call. It’s that good.

"The wise writer, I think, writes for the youth of his own generation, the critic of the next and the schoolmasters of ever afterward." F. Scott Fitzgerald.

by NASCARbernet on Aug 25, 2011 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions

+1

"Baseball fans are junkies, and their heroin is the statistic." Robert S. Wieder

by njjohn on Aug 25, 2011 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions

That's what I've heard

and if it’s anything like the iPod touch, than I have a feeling that all who have said that are right

Who needs ponies? We've got St. Penelope!

by imstillhungry95 on Aug 25, 2011 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions

I'll have to download that to my iPod Touch :)

Then I can post live from games and be in the threads with you all :)

"I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands." -Babe Ruth

by Rockkstarr12 on Aug 25, 2011 1:49 PM EDT reply actions

The GDT's

are going to be much more lively, I think. It will be interesting to see what they look like next SPF

Who needs ponies? We've got St. Penelope!

by imstillhungry95 on Aug 25, 2011 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions

iPad-a-licious

Love it!

Baseball Weirdo

by AZDBACKR on Aug 25, 2011 2:26 PM EDT via iPhone app reply actions

So I take it

it works?

Who needs ponies? We've got St. Penelope!

by imstillhungry95 on Aug 25, 2011 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions

yes, it works on iPad

I’ll have to see how it works in a GDT, to see if its easy to follow all the comment threads and how it tracks new (vs. read comments).

SInce it appears to have been developed for iPhone (not iPad), you have to use the 2X button to fill the screen, and you are unable (as far as I can tell) to read it in landscape (vs. portrait) .

I set it up to follow the SnakePit, (which could have possibly been added automatically when I signed into my account and grabbed my existing teams & blogs followed).

I don’t much care for the Newsfeed tab as it follows all sorts of sports I have no interest in, I wish the Newsfeed would screen only the teams / sports I follow.

Baseball Weirdo

by AZDBACKR on Aug 25, 2011 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions

Just wondering

when I set up my account, I used the option of signing in with my Yahoo account. Is there a way for me to sign in that way on the app?

Who needs ponies? We've got St. Penelope!

by imstillhungry95 on Aug 25, 2011 2:33 PM EDT reply actions

I think I saw that on the sign-in page, yes

I stopped reading. Now I just write sarcastic, angry comments.. -- soco
They're not even cooking the ice! -- kishi

by snakecharmer on Aug 25, 2011 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Thanks

Now I just need to convince mom to let me borrow her Touch when we go to baseball games…

Who needs ponies? We've got St. Penelope!

by imstillhungry95 on Aug 25, 2011 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Good Stuff, I approve

by Backin'the'Backs on Aug 25, 2011 2:35 PM EDT reply actions

Me want

Android version! Raaaarrrgghhh!

Wear your own fur.

by Marc Fournier on Aug 25, 2011 3:11 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

a common refrain of Android users about virtually every app

"Baseball fans are junkies, and their heroin is the statistic." Robert S. Wieder

by njjohn on Aug 26, 2011 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Can't wait

for the Android version.

Goldy Watch: 15 games, .298/.353/.596

by Jdub220 on Aug 25, 2011 3:11 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

downloaded it last night

It’s fantastic.

by CaptainCanuck on Aug 25, 2011 3:32 PM EDT via iPhone app reply actions

except that the app hates left handed people!

by CaptainCanuck on Aug 25, 2011 3:55 PM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions

My Nexus demands Android version.

Hopefully there will be differences between new and old comments.

I survived the 2004 & 2010 seasons.
Bauer is AWESOME
Skaggs is AWESOME
Parker is AWESOME

by dbacks25 on Aug 25, 2011 3:56 PM EDT reply actions

That's one main thing I dislike about version 1...

I stopped reading. Now I just write sarcastic, angry comments.. -- soco
They're not even cooking the ice! -- kishi

by snakecharmer on Aug 25, 2011 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Nexus user!

/hi5!

Goldy Watch: 15 games, .298/.353/.596

by Jdub220 on Aug 25, 2011 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions

hi5!!

I survived the 2004 & 2010 seasons.
Bauer is AWESOME
Skaggs is AWESOME
Parker is AWESOME

by dbacks25 on Aug 26, 2011 3:59 AM EDT up reply actions

What

no Android version for us plebes?

Tomorrow is another day.

by soco on Aug 25, 2011 4:24 PM EDT reply actions

Patience, my pretties...

Android will likely be coming later this year, once they get a bunch of feedback and thoughts on it.

Daron "...the D. Baxter fan-club"
Mark: "A non-profit organization."

by Jim McLennan on Aug 25, 2011 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions

I want it

nooooooooooow

Tomorrow is another day.

by soco on Aug 25, 2011 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions

As do I

And until then, I won’t be able to sleep.

Wear your own fur.

by Marc Fournier on Aug 25, 2011 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Android users

should be used to having to wait patiently for the iPhone leftovers. It’s like living in Senegal and waiting for the big blockbusters to hit the cinema after a five months delay.

"Baseball fans are junkies, and their heroin is the statistic." Robert S. Wieder

by njjohn on Aug 26, 2011 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions

hurf durf durf

apple vs everyonelse

Tomorrow is another day.

by soco on Aug 26, 2011 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions

hurrah

"I could have been king, but in my own way I am king. Hail to the king baby." Ash from Army of Darkness

by Turambar on Aug 25, 2011 7:00 PM EDT via iPhone app reply actions

I got the SB Nation app for my iPod Touch

But couldn’t find an actual listing for AZ Snakepit in there after I downloaded it. I found the Purple Row blog. Is there not one for the ’Pit via iTouch?

"I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands." -Babe Ruth

by Rockkstarr12 on Aug 26, 2011 8:02 PM EDT reply actions