AppleInsider Staff
In their 102-91 victory over the New York Knicks on Monday, the Portland Trail Blazers were seen using iPads on the bench to study in-game footage, which players say helped carry the team to its eleventh consecutive win.
According to a report from Blazer's Edge, multiple players on the team are spending their time on the bench reviewing game tape on Apple's iPad as they look to get a leg up on opponents.
The publication notes Damian Lillard, Wesley Matthews, Nicolas Batum and LaMarcus Aldridge all use iPads during games to study film and make quick adjustments.
"It does [help] because you get to see it [again], and in the game everything happens so fast," Matthews said. "You ask yourself, 'Did I rush it? I felt like I rushed it.' [The video can tell me] when I'm in that same situation — off a flare screen, when Nic [Batum] passes over the top — [if] I have more time to get the shot off or [if] I have to shoot it at that speed again. Or, could I have driven it?"
Matthews went on to say that the iPad allows him to study both aspects of his game. On offense, the shooting guard looks at his form and whether there were options he didn't see on court. On defense, he studies his stance, positioning on opponents and how players get in scores.
It is unclear what app the Blazers are using to review footage, but the system is apparently near real-time. Starting players can watch clips from their first rotation by the time they hit the bench, shaving minutes off adjustments normally made during halftime.
Players are also using Apple's tablet to review footage post-game, where a more thorough analysis can be rendered, to be put into action at the next game.
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Does anyone know if government organizations and/or companies are able to access their own proprietary version of an App Store, or are they able to access 'hidden apps' in the store that are not available or viewable by the general public? Or is the App Store the single and only way to see and access all applications? Perhaps Portland's team has had an application specifically designed for them, and the Application is unavailable for access by the general public. Just a guess.
Fools. Don't they know they need a real keyboard!!!! /s
Yes, enterprises (e.g. businesses and government organizations) can set up their own Enterprise App Stores for distributing their own apps to their employees.
Yes, enterprises (e.g. businesses and government organizations) can set up their own Enterprise App Stores for distributing their own apps to their employees.
Yes, there's two ways to do it. The in-house app program lets an organization write and distribute their apps to their own devices. It is almost identical to developer phones, Apple provides a provisioning profile on to your company's phones and you can load apps signed by that profile. Apple doesn't approve or ever sees the app.
The second way is the B2B program. Here the app goes through Apple and is approved, but can only be sold or distributed to specific companies. The companies you select buy the app through the volume purchase program.
[quote name="Digital_Guy" url="/t/160917/nbas-portland-trail-blazers-use-apples-ipad-in-game-to-make-real-time-adjustments#post_2440324"]Does anyone know if government organizations and/or companies are able to access their own proprietary version of an App Store, or are they able to access 'hidden apps' in the store that are not available or viewable by the general public? Or is the App Store the single and only way to see and access all applications? Perhaps Portland's team has had an application specifically designed for them, and the Application is unavailable for access by the general public. Just a guess.[/quote] https://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/enterprise/ I'm starting to think that you just might be a analog guy in a digital world. :lol: