It’s like the prayers we offered yesterday were answered — today we are hearing that Sprint is partnering with the NBA to build an exclusive mobile app and will show the league’s ESPN broadcast games for free, provided that you have a phone and a plan with the nation’s No. 3 wireless carrier.
Though it’s not out yet the Sprint NBA Mobile app is promised by this year’s season-starting games on Christmas Day, and it won’t cost anything for Sprint subscribers who have an unlimited data plan. The only hitch: It will be available only to Android-based phones, so those who rushed to buy an iPhone from Sprint are apparently left on the mobile-viewer bench.
But still. According to the Sprint press release, here is what is coming in the new app:
The app will include access to in-game and post-game video highlights, news, scores, stats, live home and away radio broadcasts, in addition to providing direct access to live ESPN NBA Games via Sprint TV’s ESPN Channel.
Sprint also says that you will be able to buy a subscription to the NBA League Pass service we mentioned yesterday for a 20 percent discount through the Sprint App — still too expensive for us but if you are a hoops junkie and are at a decision point for a mobile phone, these deals make it pretty much a no-brainer to go with Sprint.
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