Stay updated with the latest happenings in the T20 tournament.
India is a land of cricket-lovers, who treat it more like a religion than a sport and the cricket season is in full bloom again as the IPL 2012 is underway. Staying away from their favourite sport is very difficult for such fanatics, who can even resort to such things as taking leave from their work to watch their favourite sport. However, with the growing ubiquity of smartphones capable of hosting apps, coupled with the low cost of mobile internet connectivity, this has now become unnecessary. Having said that, we take a look at the best free smartphone apps that will keep you abreast with the latest happenings in the world of cricket in general, and IPL in particular.
For The iPhone
iPhone users are by far the luckiest of the lot, as far as the current crop of apps are concerned; and the same is true when it comes to IPL apps. We start off with IPL T20, which is the official IPLT20 app, and it therefore brings you exclusive content from the sporting event including news, features, interviews, virtual replay, live scores, fixtures, team and player info, and all other statistics about the tournament. IPL 5 is a tiny app with an easy to use interface that lets you access match schedules offline, while also letting you view it by filtering your favourite team. IPL 2012 and IPL Fixtures are two apps that provide you information about all the IPL events and their push notification feature keeps you updated, even when the apps are not running. IPL Cricket goes a bit further with all of the above, and also a nice gallery of pictures and wallpapers. In addition to providing live scores, results of previous matches, and the schedule, IPL Dugout also informs you about matches happening closest to your location and gives you a list of popular places in your vicinity that would be showing the matches live. You can also hear audio commentary of the match and post your comments and observations, thus giving it a social networking angle.
For Android Phones
Android mobile users are also as lucky as iPhone users asGoogle Play has got quite a few IPL apps. In fact, they are one step ahead, as they are possibly the only ones with live video streaming apps at present. IPL Live Streaming - Freeand IPL TV are two apps for Android phones that are capable of displaying live video stream of the matches as they happen, thus allowing you to take the action with you anywhere you go. Official DLF IPL 2012, as the name suggests, is the official IPLT20 app for this platform, providing up-to-date scores, schedules, team and player profiles, latest news, photos as well as post-match videos. LIVE cricket Scores IPL and IPL Live Score are two of the most popular apps that provide instant updates about the sporting event.
For Windows Phone Devices
Being one of the newest entrants in the apps arena doesn't mean that WP7 phones are too far behind, as far as IPL is concerned. IPL5 2012 is also available for this platform with the same easy interface and offline match schedules, with features such as points table and the latest news and updates coming soon. IPL 2012 is also a similar app that gives you all the information about the current as well as upcoming matches. In addition to providing schedule,s it also lets you view match information, categorised according to teams and venues. Although this is not really about the IPL, Cricket in Hand is an interesting app that gives you all the information about cricketing performance of different countries. Last but not the least is Live Cricket, which brings you live information from all cricketing events around the world. It features ball-by-ball details with nice visual notifications that tell you about any major happening such as fall of a wickets or when a boundary or a sixer is scored.
For BlackBerry Phones
Even the ever-so-serious BlackBerry does not want to be left behind, when it comes to IPL apps. Official DLF IPL 2012 keeps you updated with the latest happenings though live and detailed scorecards, schedules, player info, photo gallery, and social media integration. It even features video feeds of IPL matches, though we haven't tested if they actually work.CricketCalling also provides the above information along with live commentary, though it does not contain video feeds. Crickbuzz Cricket Scores and News fetches the latest content from the web and delivers to your BB handset with fast updates and delivery. Cricket Clubgives you all of the above info and it even includes the famous wagon wheel for every player and a set of detailed graphs to make things easier.
For Symbian, bada OS Phones
The Cricket Calling app for Symbian phones lets you follow IPL matches with full score details that refresh automatically. It also features live ball-by-ball commentary, schedule, current standings, and player profile among other things. Cricket Companion 3.0 is yet another app for the platform, with live scores, news, commentary, schedule, and even contests to win exciting prizes. For those with Samsung bada OS devices, we could find only one app and it is not free; IPL 2012 priced at Rs 50.
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