Originally Posted by cardfan:
Why would an app be better? This looks fine.
MLB AtBat on the iPhone is easily the cleanest and most feature rich app they have. $9.99 for gameday audio, gameday, highlights AND live video of selected games. All within an easy to navigate interface. My iPhone isnt even connected to ATT but I still bought the app just to use over Wi-Fi because I even prefer it over the internet version of GameDay.
DISCLAIMER: Please do not read further if negativity bothers anyone because I've been using this and there definitely are pros and cons worth mentioning when comparing to the iPhone app:
Pros:
- Video Highlights look better due to the smaller/brighter screen
- Audio comes through clean as a bell
- Better than nothing
Cons:
- NO MULTITASKING! Audio plays through the Pre video player with a black screen. IF that screen isn't the active card the audio is interrupted.
- Video highlights are slow to load
- Expensive in comparison. $9.99 iPhone App vs $2.99/mo or $14.99/season
(Obviously monthly is better at this point of the season)
- Constant card errors. I know this won't affect everyone, but in 2 days usage I've hit the card limit several times when browsing within the site and audio running.
- No magic button to make the Cubs quit humiliating themselves.
So despite the negatives, I'm definitely glad it's here. But hopefully by next season they make a standalone app and they don't treat WebOS as another second class citizen to the iPhone.