The traditional—or perhaps stereotypical—relationship between computer nerds and jocks is one often characterised by bruises to the face, wedgies up the arse and dignity down the drain. But, as the developers behind Australia’s latest AFL and NRL games on PSP show us, it doesn’t always have to be this way.
Just in time for finals season, Telstra has released the AFL Finals iPhone app. It’s not just for Telstra customers though, and it actually looks fairly swish.
Today’s report in the Herald Sun that AFL chief operating officer Gillon McLachlan has recently discovered that AFL matches are being streamed online via services like Justin.TV just goes to show how incredibly out of touch the people who make decisions about TV sports rights are.
Let’s face it – satnavs aren’t exactly breaking the mould these days. More points of interest, faster GPS chips, GPRS connectivity, traffic… every manufacturer is pretty much doing the same thing and trying to tell you they’re unique. TomTom has decided to actually do something a bit different and added the ability to load NRL or AFL related content to your satnav device.
