Cardinals Smartphone App Gains Approval

Recently, the people over at the St. Louis Post Dispatch website, StlToday.com, developed an application for the various smartphone platforms.  The application became available immediately for the iPhone, Blackberry, Android, PocketPC, and Windows Smartphone.  The application sparked concern and speculation and left many of us asking around to see who had tried it and what they thought.

A few weeks ago, the marketing manager from the Post Dispatch, Lucas Downs, reached out to the Cardinals online community and asked if we would be willing to try the “App” and let him know what we thought.  We here at BaseballDigest.com are always eager to play with the new toys so we naturally agreed.

Now, I’m a technical guy and have an Android phone myself but, admittedly, I knew someone that was a bit more of a “power user” when it came to Apps.  I reached out to friend and loyal reader Greg Dowler to install the App on his iPhone and let us know what he thought of it.  Here’s what Greg had to say:

I must admit, I couldn’t find too much to quibble with in this app.

When I first looked at it, the buttons appeared to be too close together. Not so–I found the buttons easy to navigate with and I, virtually, never hit the wrong button. The layout is clean and allows one to easily navigate all the latest stories and in any order you so desire.

I get most of my Cardinal news from the Post-Dispatch first, so I won’t even address the quality of reporting or writing. Having said that, I would like to see professionals proofread a little more, though. The “Chatter” button is not one I found much use for, but I am not a Twitter fan either.  I don’t find the pictures that begin some of the stories helpful or an added attraction . Most of the time they just frustrate by taking extra time to download when I am not on WiFi or 3G.

I loved the different categories for position and then further categorizing the various stories according to individual players. The drop menus allowed quick access and the Date/Time stamp on each article was very helpful. I also liked the bold headline until you open the story and then ‘un-bolding’ it so you know you have been there.

On a 1 – 10 rating scale, it gets about a 9.8 from me. This is an app I have already become very dependent on and will continue to use regularly.

Thanks for the opportunity to critique it.

So, there we have it, a solid endorsement from a proficient user of the App.  Looks like the STL Today Cardinals App gets the Baseball Digest seal of approval.

Are you interested in what other websites are saying about the App? Pitchers Hit Eighth reviewed it on his site and Whiteyball gave it a short write up here.

You can download a copy of the App for your device here.
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