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NFL Mobile App Now Available from Verizon Wireless

by Adam Zeis on 12 Apr 2010 09:41 AM
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NFL Mobile

Verizon this weekend has released the NFL Mobile app for their native devices. Just in time for the NFL draft, the free app brings the latest NFL news, draft news, detailed information about current prospects and more. We assume the app will have some great draft coverage, and during the season will run with scores, schedules, news and all that good stuff. Verizon users can snag it free from mobile.vzw.com/nfl (if you're on another carrier don't bother trying to download, I already tried and its a no go). Hit the forums for some more discussion.

Filed Under: BlackBerry Apps; Tags: NFL Mobile, Verizon
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69 Comments

Posted by cwhitney24 Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

That sux....no ATT? Bad day so far. No NFL app for my 9700 and Santonio Holmes got traded.

 
 
Posted by storm83 Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

JETS JETS JETS......win now baby. We're on our way for sure

 
 
Posted by BasPilot Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

Holmes was a black eye for your team. A real turd. I am a Bengals fan and I even think the steelers are better than that.

 
 
Posted by timerollson Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

...now if NFL season could hurry up and start. Baseball's boring.

 
 
Posted by cwhitney24 Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

I Agree....i am so ready for it to start!

 
 
Posted by diva1969 Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 771 days ago

Too bad football isn't year round!!!

 
 
Posted by yourlife Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

This is awesome.. Guess sprint lost the rights to this app. I hope it works better than the sprint version did too.

 
 
Posted by jlb21 Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

Out of curiosity, I went to the Sprint NFL football app on my VZW tour and it now asks you to upgrade to Sprint NFL Football (or something like that). Will be interesting to see if this still runs.

But even if so, if the VZW version continues to be free and free of bugs, then I suspect I will just delete the good ol' Sprint app and just load the VZW app. Should have more exclusive content anyway......

 
 
Posted by Bodero Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

This is so sweet. This is the result of the $720 million deal between Verizon and the NFL, supplanting Sprint as the official wireless carrier:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870486930457511018078248419...

The WSJ article says you will also be able to watch the RedZone channel on your phone too, how awesome is that?! Every touchdown from every game.

 
 
Posted by diva1969 Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 771 days ago

Can you do that on an 8330 phone?

 
 
Posted by jayharper08 Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

Dang! I didn't get a shout out?!? :0)

 
 
Posted by jlb21 Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

No go, sprint app now makes sure you are on the sprint/nextel network. Hello VZW app.....

 
 
Posted by jkpitcher Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

This will be great during next season. As for me the app I care about is my MLB.com At Bat app since it is the best time of year right now. Baseball season!!!

 
 
Posted by cannonballgsu Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

Keep getting the hourglass and everything seems laggy

 
 
Posted by elvin1983 Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

I was having this same general problem, made my Tour laggy, so I deleted it, maybe I'll give it another try if it ever gets updated, until then I'll just get my info from ESPN.

 
 
Posted by cowboys2000 Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

So this explains why Sprint has a "football" app to replace the NFL app. Oh well, still not a deal breaker to make me switch to Big Red. The app drains the battery on my BB Curve anyway!

Waiting on a Bold/Tour 2 or EVO.

 
 
Posted by berkisho Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

Is it me or does this app. seem to "maintain" a constant connection with server sucking up bandwidth and battery?

 
 
Posted by KIL86 Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

I have noticed this too. Since installing, my tour has been constantly sending and receiving data resulting in my battery draining big time. Ive gone from 90% to 60% in under an hour.

 
 
Posted by doublehighc Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

I found if you are a former Alltel customer bought out by Verizon, it won't work on your Alltel phone. Don't want to buy a Verizon phone just to use this app.

 
 
Posted by jeepmonster01 Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

Server must be down?

 
 
Posted by KIL86 Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

This is an OTA download so make sure you are visiting the link via a blackberry browser.

 
 
Posted by jeepmonster01 Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

Sorry was using opera it works using blackberry browser

 
 
Posted by BBNewbie2010 Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

This is awesome! I downloaded the app for my vzw tour and it's fantastic, news, videos (running smooth and no lags) and tons more. I'm so ready for the season!

 
 
Posted by ncf632 Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

dont work for me

 
 
Posted by thablackguy Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

this is awesome. free streaming nfl network, free sunday night and thursday games, radio of ALL games. free draft coverage streaming. no lag on my storm either... i may cry its so beautiful :'(

 
 
Posted by navygreengolf Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Verizonnnnn! I would have been depressed if this was released on ATT and no chance for me to use it... FiOS and NFL Network, and now this app? Loving being a football fan with Verizon!

 
 
Posted by cablelayer Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

Trying to download. Failure. Any ideas?

 
 
Posted by xonehitterx Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

It keeps popping up with a notice saying it wants to reset some security thing so I deleted it. I don't care much for the nfl anyways.

 
 
Posted by ESN Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

cant download on a pearl flip!

 
 
Posted by dapwma Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

I'm getting the same error as others. Has anyone successfully downloaded this app on a Storm2?

 
 
Posted by JazzL5 Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

I downloaded this app to my Storm2 on 4/10.

 
 
Posted by dapwma Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

it's 4/12, and still not showing up on my Storm2

 
 
Posted by ncf632 Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

i got Storm 1 not luck yet

 
 
Posted by breezy83 Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

I just downloaded it for my S1.

 
 
Posted by angelm1249 Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010 772 days ago

I actually got it pushed to my phone when i did a battery pull a few days ago. When I was scrolling on my home screen there it was...i started to hide, but after i downloaded it, I saw that its actually a very cool app!

 
 
Posted by Siny304 Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

Thanks to Verizon for sealing that exclusive deal with the NFL. I downloaded it to my Storm 1 and its works great. A little lag in uploading the videos and changing screens but that will probably be fixed in the first upgrade.

Recommended for all NFL fans.

 
 
Posted by kcs1user Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

I just downloaded this app to storm 1 and it's work great so far. Bout time Big Red got something for us football fans. I didnt want to have to go back to sprint just for football season.

 
 
Posted by TwistedLIE Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

This app shows really nice signs of being a great app. However, it is PAINFULLY slow on my 9530. The video is nice and clear but has a very difficult time streaming and often buffers. This could just be my area but I am at full signal. Anyhow try it out... but I am sure that its worth the wait for the next update. Besides we have ESPN.com that runs much faster on the browsers...

 
 
Posted by ctrad45 Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

I have the shortcut from NFL.com. I can access the mobile site and videos and whatnot. Is there a difference to this and the app? I'm on T-Mobile.

 
 
Posted by Pointnino Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

Yes, yourlife is right. I have this for Sprint, and only some features work, and only sometimes. I had called Sprint like 5 times last season only to hear that they're not sure what's wrong and to try a battery pull, which of course I tried (legendary Sprint Customer Service). Maybe now that it has more exposure, it'll be the BOMB this year. If it worked better, it'd be my Favorite app from August until February.

 
 
Posted by MissoulaMarinerFan Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

So, whenever I try the OTA link, I keep getting the verizon "The system was unable to process your request, please try again later" message. Anybody know if this only works on certain OS/phones (and yes, I'm on verizon)?

 
 
Posted by dapwma Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

I have a Storm2 on Verizon, and I'm getting the same exact message.

Someone else replied that it worked on their Storm2...I assumed they were on VZW, too...but maybe not...

 
 
Posted by spookyBooberry Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010 772 days ago

works on 8330 curve vzw got it tuesday am

 
 
Posted by irish517 Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

Same problem. I have a Tour, on Verizon but I keep getting the "The system was unable to process your request..." too. Any suggestions?

 
 
Posted by MissoulaMarinerFan Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010 772 days ago

I still keep getting same message...I tried a few times already this morning.

 
 
Posted by MissoulaMarinerFan Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010 772 days ago

Check out the post on the 6th page of the forum that was linked in the blog entry. Look at the post by my handle (missoulamarinerfan), and there'll be step by step instructions. Enjoy! :D

 
 
Posted by mds4752 Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

Running a Storm1 9530 on VZW. Downloaded / installed with no problems. Working great....videos work fine. Somewhat of a lag between tabs, but seems workable.

 
 
Posted by ungibbed Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

Despite my current carrier being T-Mobile, I was still allowed to download the app,. I guess you just need to have a VZW service for the NFL app to work.

Bummer

 
 
Posted by SteveS235 Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

Great app and the ability to watch the NFL Network live is awesome!

 
 
Posted by new_ti_boston Monday, Apr 12, 2010 773 days ago

Working pretty well on my Tour. Looking forward to kickoff this season!

 
 
Posted by green_ember Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010 773 days ago

I'm gonna miss watching the Thursday games live on my Sprint phone while I'm at work, but not enough to switch to VZW...

 
 
Posted by cadzilla74 Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010 773 days ago

Pretty polished app for a new release. Downloaded and installed on my Storm 1 no problems. Read a few posts, nice interface. Watched a NFL.com video about the Jets acquiring Holmes. All worked perfectly. Thanks Verizon. Not bad, not bad at all.

 
 
Posted by KuDdL3z Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010 773 days ago

I don't want this app on my storm but idk how to delet it. Can somebody tell me how to delet it

 
 
Posted by KuDdL3z Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010 773 days ago

I don't want this app on my storm but idk how to delet it. Can somebody tell me how to delet it

 
 
Posted by KuDdL3z Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010 773 days ago

I don't want this app on my storm but idk how to delet it. Can somebody tell me how to delet it

 
 
Posted by spookyBooberry Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010 772 days ago

Options>Advanced options>Applications>locate NFL mobile in list and highlight it push the blackberry menu button(7dots on it) select delete, then your phone will prob be ask to reboot if it doesnt reboot anyhoo, with Alt+right shift+delete buttons pressed all at same time. :)

btw works great on my phone doesnt drain battery or constantly show as running either (checked by holding the Alt+backspace key at same time I just have 4 things constantly running by default)

 
 
Posted by yellowmac Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010 772 days ago

This is a nice app.. i would like to see the screen bigger on the storm 2 but overall nice apps. football 24/7 on your phone can't beat that. thank you verizon

 
 
Posted by bigdaddymatai Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010 772 days ago

On my 8530 that has multiple apps running in the background, there is a bit of a lag! With my other 8530, with no other apps running, no lag whatsoever!! NFL Network LIVE!!! OH YEAH!!

 
 
Posted by SpartyONTOUR Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010 772 days ago

keeps popping up a message saying it wants to reset security timer. i allowed it a billion times but nothing. deleting this now...

 
 
Posted by darylschneider Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010 772 days ago

Been trying on and off all day and working in between.........but all I keep getting from the site is "The system was unable to process your request, please try again later." Typical Verizon to announce something and then not have it available. As a former ALLTEL customer who got bought by Verizon all I can say is another way Verizon has let us down. Wish the sell out had never happened!!!

 
 
Posted by MissoulaMarinerFan Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010 772 days ago

Check out the post on the 6th page of the forum thread that was linked in the blog entry. Look at the post by my handle (missoulamarinerfan), and there'll be step by step instructions. Enjoy! :D

 
 
Posted by angelm1249 Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010 772 days ago

I actually got it pushed to my phone after a battery pull...it was unexpected, BUT turns out to be a really cool app...and does not drag at all....LOVE THE STREAMING VIDS TOO!!

 
 
Posted by ooGloryoo Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 771 days ago

I am T-Mobile and I LOVE the NFL! (Nothing better than a single straight girl that loves football :) T-Mobile seems to be the slow ones at upgrading to anything good.

 
 
Posted by askmdr Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 771 days ago

I do not want it on my business phone.

There is no way to delete it.

It just appeared there. There was no way to delete it. It did not show up in the apps list. So, I tried to accept it, and install it thinking then I could delete it. I did delete it. Did a hard re-start and the icon to get the NFL App was still there.

Went to service book and deleted it from there and it was still there after hard restart.

This is BS. Every part of the phone should be tweakable.

Why Does Verizon not care about its customers?

 
 
Posted by yellowmac Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 771 days ago

you should be able to delete. When the icon is highlighted hit the menu button and delete icon or if that doesn't work just hide the icon from the home screen and nobody well know its there.. out of sight out of mind

 
 
Posted by bighebron_74 Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 771 days ago

The link is not working at all...

 
 
Posted by diva1969 Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 771 days ago

Woohooo!!! I love it...I did a battery pull for an issue I was having and NFL live popped up on my screen. I wondered where it came from but glad it's there...Im a football kinda girl so this will a fun and much used app!!! TY Vz!!!

 
 
Posted by nada123 Thursday, Apr 15, 2010 770 days ago

Out of curiosity, I went to the Sprint NFL football app on my VZW tour and it now asks you to upgrade to Sprint NFL Football (or something like that). Will be interesting to see if this still runs.

But even if so, if the VZW version continues to be free and free of bugs, http://www.electronicswholesaledistributor.com then I suspect I will just delete the good ol' Sprint app and just load the VZW app. Should have more exclusive content anyway......

 
 
Posted by jfarling Tuesday, Apr 27, 2010 758 days ago

but I am getting the following error

The application nflmobile_vzw_blk_9550 has attempted to open a connection to a location inside the firewall and outside the firewall which is not allowed by your IT policy....

This is my personal blackberry and has never touched a BES so there is no IT policy and I am running 5.0.0.607 OS