SB Nation Launches iPhone App for Fear The Fin, 300+ Other Blogs
by Mr. Plank on Aug 25, 2011 6:01 AM PDT
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Fear The Fin is proud to announce that the long-awaited and much-anticipated iPhone app is now available to download in the Apple App Store. The app, which will allow you to stay connected to Fear The Fin and 300+ SB Nation blogs throughout the day, will be free of charge and available to all iPhone owners. Current user names and passwords will allow you to log in to the app as you would from a computer.
The SBN iPhone app will allow users to:
* Get breaking news as it happens.
* Customize your news with your favorite teams (Ducks), sports (badminton) and blogs (Winging It In Motown)
* Receive up to the minute updates to the stories you choose to follow on SBNation.com, regional sites, Baseball Nation, and MMA Nation
* Read and reply to comments.
Although "z'ing" through comments and automatic page updates will not be available at launch, SBN will be adding those functions in the near future. It is one of the team's biggest priorities. Furthermore, an app for the Android will be launched before the end of 2011.
For a wonderful video demo on how the app works, please click here.
According to FTF's market research team, bathroom breaks at work are expected to increase 300% for all iPhone users in the greater Bay Area during the 2011-2012 season, with family reunions and romantic dinners also seeing a bump in bathroom activity. "Number two" is projected to be the most commonly used bowel movement in the coming weeks, as local supermarkets and grocers struggle to meet the increased demand for Raisin Bran and other fiber-based forms of nourishment.
Sources close to the Apple store state that Steve Jobs' decision to resign as CEO of Apple late Wednesday afternoon was due in part to the awesomeness of the new SBN app.
"Steve always said he would like to go out on top, retire when all of his goals were achieved," John Doe told Fear The Fin during a high-stakes game of unverified and non-existent sourcing used to beef up an articles word count. "This new SBN app brought his career at Apple full circle, put the cherry on top so to speak. He couldn't be more pleased with how it turned out."
The app can be downloaded by going to the App Store and searching "SB Nation", or by going here and clicking "Download Now." The app is free for all users.
Any questions, feedback, or comments about the app can be directed towards support@sbnation.com.
Enjoy.
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Sounds awesome...
Can’t wait for the Android one!
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by idunno723 on Aug 25, 2011 6:50 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Agreed!
Bah, I hate that they supported the iSheep first. >.> Garbage phones lead by those that would rather sue than innovate. /disappointed.
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by Sharkz_N_Phinz on Aug 26, 2011 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Done
And done
Every day is just a little worse than the previous, that means every day is the worst day of my life.
by shooting4life on Aug 25, 2011 6:54 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
I haven't commented all summer
but this has compelled me to.
Why does no one realize that there are other mobile phone platforms besides iOS and Android? Sure, you get your app to a large portion of the market, but there are still millions of other users using WindowsPhone7, webOS, etc. who just feel alienated. I sure hope SBN doesn’t get lazy and stop with these two platforms. Rant over.
Not hating...
But the development of these things takes time and effort. They might only be able to roll out a few with the limited resources they have, and if so, Android and iOS are the clear winners because of market share.
Sorry those options don’t work for you, but I doubt it’s a stab in the back.
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by Matthew_Taylor on Aug 25, 2011 7:48 AM PDT up reply actions
It's not on Android yet
Which is something I brought up here.
But Mark_Hanna made a good point in his response.
We chose iOS first because when we decided to create a mobile SBN app, we had more iOS users than Android. Rather than develop the two at the same time, we wanted to pick the largest one and focus 100% on the experience and customization of the app.
As an Android user myself I’m beyond pumped to get to work on that app. Our plan is to release the iPhone app, get feedback, make tweaks/enhancements and then bang out an Android version in a few months.
Here’s hoping the Android app is just around the corner.
If you’re a Blackberry user, well you’ll be in luck as they have decided to port over Android apps because their market lacks apps and appeal.
As for WebOs and WP7, well, who knows? WebOs is in a Limbo and WP7 still has a long way to go to gain mass appeal.
by 420Sharksfan on Aug 25, 2011 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Android is coming by end of 2k11
We’re certainly receptive to other operating systems, but echoing above, our mobile development team is more committed to where we’re likely to see the most users benefit. That being said, we’re certainly not about to leave everybody else in the cold and we’re looking to improve our mobile web to close the gap in the experience so that even folks with Windows or Blackberry devices can reap many of the same benefits our iOS/Android users will as well.
by Luke Zimmermann on Aug 25, 2011 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions
I really appreciate your acknowledgement and receptiveness to developing for other platforms
I didn’t mean to start anything, I was just ranting. I refuse to use Apple products for reasons I won’t get into here, and Android is not for me. The consequences of my choice are clear, in terms of less/slower developer support, so my only hope is that your mobile devs at least consider making a WP7 app. If it can’t be done, that’s fine. We users who take the route less traveled just appreciated the recognition of our existence every once in a while.
by Chicago Shark on Aug 25, 2011 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Just say it – Apple is a controlling company. ;)
GO SHARKS!
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Ha, that's part of it
Freedom to choose what to do with my device is great. I’m not a huge fan of the way they market their products. I find it disingenuous and misleading, to say the least. But I’ll leave it there.
by Chicago Shark on Aug 25, 2011 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I never said it's a stab in the back
just that it alienates fans of SBN who aren’t in the majority of smartphone users. I also understand market share, and that they should focus on rolling it out to the biggest markets first. But in my experience, apps very rarely get rolled out to a 3rd platform after iOS and Android. It’s very frustrating as a consumer. That being said, it’s not like I’m going to boycott SBN for not spitting out versions for every OS out there. I also understand the enormous amount of time and effort that go into creating an app like this. But like I said above, there’s a market outside of iOS and Android, and I really hope SBN reaches out to it.
by Chicago Shark on Aug 25, 2011 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
I feel you man, I have a Blackberry. It’s a bummer. Hopefully they can make the mobile site do similar things in the near future.
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Ok
so reading idunno’s link down below, it looks like we’re in the cold. Here’s to hoping for increased mobile web functionality!
by Chicago Shark on Aug 25, 2011 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
You support a company that keeps trying to steal American hockey teams! :)
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by Evilducks on Aug 25, 2011 12:48 PM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions 1 recs
Didn’t mean stab in the back persay. Sorry about the issues!
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by Matthew_Taylor on Aug 25, 2011 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I know what you mean
and there’s no need to apologize. I’m used to the lack of developer interest by now, so it’s nothing new.
Since it seems like SBN has come out and said they won’t support Blackberry and WindowsPhone, this discussion has become irrelevant, so I’ll leave it at that.
by Chicago Shark on Aug 25, 2011 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Leslie Knope: "...but it has a lot of heart."
April Ludgate: "That's what people always say when something sucks."
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by idunno723 on Aug 25, 2011 7:19 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
Hooray to this!
No hurry up! =^P Thank you!
by 420Sharksfan on Aug 25, 2011 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions
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by Mr. Plank on Aug 25, 2011 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
He strikes me more as a Windows Phone user....
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"-Wayne Gretzky"-Michael Scott.
by SharksFanEst.1994 on Aug 25, 2011 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I bet he still uses
a Zack Morris phone.
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by PNK on Aug 25, 2011 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ha ha, rec’d for early-90s awesomeness!
And you think you live in a non-traditional hockey market...
Randy Hahn: "That is one angry Swedish person."
"I flew 5,000 miles for this?"
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Excellent
I’ve been wating for something like this.
"Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time." - French Soldier
This is kinda how I read that first line...
And you think you live in a non-traditional hockey market...
Randy Hahn: "That is one angry Swedish person."
"I flew 5,000 miles for this?"
And if you want more of this kind of thing, I'm spouting nonsense on Twitter too...
Burns got the App already?
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by Evilducks on Aug 25, 2011 10:51 AM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Finally!
I’ve been waiting for this for a long time
by kiwi93 on Aug 25, 2011 7:57 AM PDT via iPhone app reply actions
You mean I can now get the very latest badminton news DIRECT to my handset?!
Holy haberdashery Batman, this is just the kinda incentive I’ve been waiting for to finally convince me to shell out for an iPhone. Thank you SB Nation!
And you think you live in a non-traditional hockey market...
Randy Hahn: "That is one angry Swedish person."
"I flew 5,000 miles for this?"
And if you want more of this kind of thing, I'm spouting nonsense on Twitter too...
This is so awesome
Churning and burning, they yearn for the cup.
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by sharks in oc on Aug 25, 2011 8:25 AM PDT via iPhone app reply actions
Damn it
Now I have to go drop a couple bills on a new IPhone and toss the Android, cause I can’t wait :(
Damn...
Guess I’ll have to wait til the Android version comes out…
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by ZeroIndulgence on Aug 25, 2011 10:38 AM PDT reply actions
Nice
Can’t wait for the z’ing update too! Now I’ll have something else besides Tiny Tower to destroy my battery life.
BEAT DAT BEAT
Not bad at all
It’s certainly better than the mobile page. Commenting is much easier
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by Evilducks on Aug 25, 2011 10:51 AM PDT via iPhone app reply actions
But...
Steve Jobs isn’t a member of the Sharks organization.
by BeastlyChicken on Aug 25, 2011 10:52 AM PDT reply actions
Nor is he a member of the Apple organization anymore.
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Thanks to the down American economy
Apple cut one Jobs this week.
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by Evilducks on Aug 25, 2011 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Budda-dum, tst!
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"The only crying allowed in hockey is when you lose a playoff series, retire or JR is speaking publicly." - Jamie Baker
"You are down with the homies, my friend." - Randy Hahn
Kent Huskins cares.
"Don't fart on my chair mutha fuckah!" - Randy Hahn
Chairman of the Board isn't a part of the organization?
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Did someon say...
Chairman of the Board???!
Proud member of the "Bring Back Semenov" Club
"The only crying allowed in hockey is when you lose a playoff series, retire or JR is speaking publicly." - Jamie Baker
"You are down with the homies, my friend." - Randy Hahn
Kent Huskins cares.
"Don't fart on my chair mutha fuckah!" - Randy Hahn
Does this mean the FTF podcast will be easily downloadable from this app on the iphone without having to search for it on itunes? Because I’m really freakin’ lazy.
If you just sign up for the podcast on iTunes
it should download automatically whenever a new one is posted.
Proud member of the "Bring Back Semenov" Club
"The only crying allowed in hockey is when you lose a playoff series, retire or JR is speaking publicly." - Jamie Baker
"You are down with the homies, my friend." - Randy Hahn
Kent Huskins cares.
"Don't fart on my chair mutha fuckah!" - Randy Hahn
Downloading now...
Awesome!
Waiting for the Cup to come to SJ since 1991...
GO SHARKS!
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lol
Posting from the new app I downloaded on my girlfriends iPhone without permission.
by Darthgooch on Aug 25, 2011 3:54 PM PDT via iPhone app reply actions
And here I was looking so forward to z scrolling on the iPad! Now I have to wait like a nuckle dragging Android user? Boo I say!
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by ElvisVF101 on Aug 25, 2011 4:24 PM PDT via iPhone app reply actions
Off-topic, but:
Are Captain’s practices still going on next week? The times are 10-1130, yes? I’m thinking about going one day during my free period.
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by SharksFanEst.1994 on Aug 25, 2011 5:30 PM PDT reply actions
Much nicer than the mobile site.
Believing in the Sharks, one photoshop at a time. GO SHARKS!
by Auth0r on Aug 25, 2011 5:42 PM PDT via iPhone app reply actions
whooo ftf mobile app
and yahoo fantasy opens :D
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by sanjosesharksfan on Aug 25, 2011 6:40 PM PDT reply actions
Also OT...
But per Ray Ratto’s twitter – the Sharks will annouce a 3yr ext. for Couture tomorrow.
Fantastic news!!!
Not yet
Developers say it will be out before the end of the year though.
Leslie Knope: "...but it has a lot of heart."
April Ludgate: "That's what people always say when something sucks."
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