Sprint Wireless Play-by-Play

by moose97 on Aug 17, 2006 10:42 AM CDT

A new way to follow the Cubs

I'm wondering if anyone heard about the new offering from Sprint Wireless, where, for $5.99 a month, subscribers can listen to MLB play-by play on their cell phones. Here's the Sprint press release:

http://www2.sprint.com/mr/news_dtl.do?id=12980

Basically, this boils down to MLB.com Gameday Audio (which is $7.95 for the season), but you're paying extra for the added portablity.

Personaly, I already have XM radio, and am considering adding this to my Sprint cell service (I already have Sprint, and wouldn't have to switch). All Vision services DO NOT count against your plan minutes, so if you spend three hours (or five and a half, as it was Tuesday night) listening to a game, you're not shot, as far as call time for the month. The reason I would do it, despite already having XM is that the XM isn't as portable as you might want either (although likely more portable than MLB.com Gameday Audio).

Anyway, enough from me, anyone else have thoughts?

Moose

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I know

they do make portable XM players.

by cubsbak on Aug 17, 2006 10:44 AM CDT reply actions

I had somthing similar a year or two ago on my

Cingular phone, and while I wasn't charged airtime, I was charged for the data that was downloaded. And the quality of the broadcast was terrible.

"Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!" -Homer J. Simpson

by Whitebacon on Aug 17, 2006 4:16 PM CDT reply actions

I subcribed to that service

last year. It worked fairly well...the only annoying thing is you have to press a button on the keypad every 5 minutes or the service will shut itself off. One more thing, make sure you call Sprint and cancel the service when baseball season ends or they will continue to charge you through the off-season.

by bigjoel on Aug 17, 2006 4:42 PM CDT reply actions