The British press on the disaster.

Via Mark Davies.

The app is available in the following countries:

Australia, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

BetTornado has been designed specifically for the iPad, with different displays to cater for a variety of Sports Betting customers.

While the majority of users will find the simple ‘Bet Mode’ is all they really need, those who wish to trade the markets will find the specially designed ‘Trade Mode’ enables them to place bets very quickly and hedge profits or losses just as they would do with specialist trading software on a computer or laptop.

The extensive range of features has been designed by people with years of hands on experience trading the Betfair markets.

A third display, “Watch Mode” enables the user to choose individual selections from a variety of markets across different sports and load them all onto the same screen. Bets can then be placed on this screen as the desired odds are reached without having to keep checking different markets.

By including a ‘Training Mode’ which uses play money to place imaginary bets on Betfair, BetTornado also gives users a chance to learn how to use the software without risking losing real money.

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For your 6 y/o.

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http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/betfair-client/id347621336

Fred Wilson insists on read/write APIs (#5).

Any comments?

And they’ve just released a new one (BetFair Rattle), also only for the UK Apple App Store.

BetFair:

BETFAIR LAUNCHES FREE IPHONE APP FOR FOOTBALL FANS

BETFAIR, the world’s biggest online sports betting company, has released a nifty new application for football fans to compete against each other in order to make their club the most supported on the iPhone.

The ‘app-tly’ named Betfair Rattle provides a quick and easy interface for fans to check fixtures and then turn their phone into a rattle with which to back their side. Support for a particular team increases according to how much fans shake their phones before the match kicks-off.

In time, Betfair hopes to release a Betfair Rattle league table, so if you’re sitting bottom of the Premier League and have lost 10 in a row your team can still get three points at the weekend if you get your rattle out. For instance, Portsmouth fans will be glad to know they got three points at Anfield last night, even if they don’t have the bragging rights in real life.

Betfair’s Mobile Manager Richard Hewitt said: “First and foremost we wanted to create something where fans compete against each other to show support for their teams, but we also wanted to provide something that was genuinely useful by making sure it was the most simple way of checking upcoming fixtures on the iPhone.

“So many apps are slow and clunky when all a user wants is the information there and then, and that’s what this app provides.

“Above all else though, it’s a bit of fun and we hope football fans across the country will be seen shaking their iPhones at stadiums around the country come 2:55pm every Saturday.”

To download the app go to:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/betfair-rattle/id360162909?mt=8

http://iphone.betfair.com/