Ultimate Football 1.0 is our new app for keeping up with the NFL season. When designing the app we wanted to make it as simple, yet as full featured as possible. We looked at the other football apps out there (including our own ‘Pro Football Mobile’) and decided on how we could do better. We came up with Ultimate Football.

Ultimate Football lets you read the latest news, follow your team so you can keep up with any news related to them, and see the latest scores and upcoming games.

News

We have tried to make the news feature as awesome as possible. On the main news table you can see the headline, the publishing date, and a small summary of the story. This means that you can only open stories that interest you, saving you time, When you choose to read a story you are presented with the full summary. You are also able to email the story summary and link to anyone (from within the application) or connect to Facebook and post a link to the story on your wall. If you choose to read the full story you are presented the full web page within the application and also given the opportunity to save the story to your bookmarks. This is the greatest feature of the application. Stories saved to your bookmarks (which are accessed within the app) can be read at anytime; regardless of whether or not you are connected to the network. This is good news for iPod Touch owners who aren’t always in reach of wifi.

Team News

Team News boasts all the same features of  News. On first launch you are prompted to open the main iPhone Settings application (located on the main home screen) to customise the application. From within the Settings application you can choose your favourite team. The Team News table is populated with your favourite teams latest news. You can also save these stories, email them, or post them to Facebook.

Scores

The Scores table lets you see the current weeks game information. If a game has been played the scores will be displayed. If a game hasn’t been played yet the two teams and starting time will be displayed. The Scores are updated every time you view them so you always have the latest results.

Bookmarks

The Bookmarks table shows the headline of any story you have saved. Viewing the story is as simple as tapping it. If you are connected to the network all the images/graphics will also be downloaded to give you the best view of the story. If you are not connected to the network (e.g. you are an iPod Touch owner not in a wifi hotspot) the full text of the story will be displayed. Stories on the Bookmarks table can be easily deleted by swiping the cell or pressing the edit button.

Coming Soon

We have many more features we want to add to Ultimate Football but we also want to get it out for the start of the regular season. Expect regular updates  with new features such as videos, photos, and more. Check out the video below to get an idea of how Ultimate Football 1.0 works and let us know what you think.

Things have been quiet on the blog for a while, but that is just because we have been extremely busy. Within the next few hours our new game ‘The Frog Puzzle’ will be available on the app store. It is 100% FREE! Before the start of the new football season we will also be releasing Ultimate Football. You can view a video demo of v1.0 here and we will be doing a full blog post on the app and our plans for it tomorrow.

In the coming weeks we will also be releasing 1-2 new games and possibly an entertainment application. More on them closer to their release.

Now on to something we promised a long time ago. We have had an update to F1 Mobile Lite (a massive update) in review with Apple for 9 weeks now. We can’t understand the reasons for this and have been in constant contact with them trying to sort out the issue. They tell us they are working on it now so hopefully we will see that release soon as well. I’m sure all our Lite users will be very satisfied with it.

We will  be trying to post more regularly but follow us on twitter @hotrodsoftware to keep up to date.

Our new soundboard app ‘Pocket Peep Show’ went live yesterday on the app store. I allows you to listen to short clips of many funny phrases from the popular channel 4 show. Although I haven’t tested it (because I have an iPod not an iPhone) I believe you can also use the app to place prank/funny calls to you friends.

If you like the app make sure you support the show by purchasing the box set or downloading it from iTunes.

To get the app click here!