iPhone Apps

Another new technology that a few athletes are getting into is applications for the iPhone. A few athletes such as Chris Bosh from the NBA's Toronto Raptors, Mark Sanchez of the NFL's New York Jets, and, of course, Chad Ocho Cinco of the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals have launched their own personal applications available for use on the iPhone. Sanchez was the first athlete with an app available for the iPhone, but his is currently not available for purchase. Ocho Cinco's app, called the Chad Ocho Cinco Experience, allows his fans to do many things such as follow his stats and the Cincinnati Bengals team, see pictures of Ocho Cinco and his family, submit questions to Chad in the "What Would Ocho Do?" section, and keep up with Ocho Cinco and what he is doing by following his Twitter account. The Chris Bosh app available for the iPhone provides his fans with daily updates for his Twitter feed, updated videos and game stats, and off the court pictures from Chris Bosh himself. Many believe that the reason that iPhone apps have not caught on with many athletes is because of all of the work that goes in to having an iPhone app. A Twitter account is easy and simple for athletes to use and does not take money and development like the iPhone app does. Nevertheless, iPhone apps for athletes are a new technology that may be used by other athletes in the future.