The man who brought us the Subway and Tesco Android apps has released his latest Android application, this time based around providing as-it-happens news about Liverpool Football Club.
Liverpool Push Scores is interesting because it uses push notifications to get you updates, therefore cutting down on unnecessary data and battery use. Here’s the description:
It doesn’t work like some apps where it runs in the background checking the server every 10 mins. The alert is pushed to your phone using C2DM. This means that you get alerts instantly, don’t need a background service running and don’t need your internet usage taken up by the App checking for updates every 5 minutes.
The alert shows itself in a notification at the top of the screen e.g. “GOAL Liverpool 2 – 0 Man United (Torres)” and you can click on the notification to run the app and show the full text as well as the last 20 alerts received. Some news story alerts also include a link to a web site with the full story.
It requires Android 2.2 and a Gmail account to work. And a liking of and keen interest in the day-to-day activities of Liverpool Football Club to be of any point.
You now owe us one, Stephen. We’ll be in touch shortly with our specification list for the official Eurodroid app. We’re thinking… RSS feed. With a logo on top. And maybe the ability to leave and reply to comments, although we suspect that may be beyond the current limits of technology.
It’s smooth to use, the 1080p display is sharp, clear and bright, the device is extremely light and thin and therefore very pocketable and portable — much more so than other 5-inch phones we’ve used. And yet… we’re a bit unimpressed by the overall package…
A relatively high-spec smartphone, with a 4.5″ display running at 480 x 854 resolution and powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, plus the Ascend G510 arrives running Android 4.1.1 — albeit potentially hindered by Huawei only sticking 512MB of RAM inside it..
The Panasonic Eluga marks the company’s return to the European mobile phone scene years after several years of absence, and it’s come back to us with a moderately high-spec Android model that features a rather stylish, slim case.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
mintvilla
/ October 26, 2010i love it, ask him to make an aston villa one pleaseeeee
David G
/ October 27, 2010Good stuff. This wont go down to well, but any chance of a Manchester United one? Please! We will put our rivalry behind us for this…:-)
Bry
/ October 27, 2010That sounds great – and a real battery/data saver.
Any chance of a Hearts one??
Oliver
/ October 27, 2010I’d love a Leeds one, it would help me keep track of all the goals we concede at home!
Stephen
/ October 27, 2010If the Liverpool one turns out to work ok when plenty of users are registered for it then I may look at doing versions for other clubs.
Anonymous
/ November 1, 2010I’m working on turning it into an all encompassing app for any team. Will probably start with Premier League and perhaps SPL but hopefully will expand to lower leagues as well.
Dave Chambers
/ November 3, 2010This seems to have disappeared off the Market.