T-Mobile Renting Android Tablets at the Ballpark

T-Mobile has been experimenting with handing out rental Android tablets to baseball fans at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif., for $10 per gimpy, according to a T-Mechanized press release and the Los Angeles Times.

That way for about the price of one measly beer, you can watch America's pursuit unfold in real world … or you can explore the interactive game program, watch elastic TV, read exclusive magazine subject, and, of course, play Angry Birds.

The 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab and the 8.9-inch T-Peregrine G-Slate are the Android offerings at Angel Stadium. T-Perambulating installed living thing antennas inside the ballpark and then the Beetleweed Tab can keep going the web's 3G network and the G-Slate can function at 3G and 4G speeds.

What's a tablet without apps? Both Android devices will come preloaded with:

A free game-day program
Unblock content from the Zinio magazine app, including snippets from ESPN and other sports magazines
Free T-Mobile TV (only connected the G-Slate), including the favorite TV shows you could easy watch at home without paying ballpark admission. The shows available are part of the "Select" package, which usually runs for $4.99
Games so much equally Angry Birds and Need for Rush along Shift

Percentage of T-Mobile's experiment makes sense, as many park attendees — and everyone that's hyperconnected, for that topic — multitask between reality and whatever's happening on their smartphones. The video games are also an excellent distractor for antsy children unaccustomed to sitting still for troika to four hours straight.

But doesn't this strike anyone else as slightly ridiculous? The $10 belongings tip is very reasonable, but some variety of deposit will be necessary so people don't walk off with a pricey device, meaning you'll have to be additional careful short-lived hotdogs and beers — and consuming them yourself – or other you may get slammed with a hefty bill for a today-disorganised device.

Besides the fact that populate should realistically pay baseball prices for seating area at baseball stadiums to watch baseball and not tinker with a pill, neither the Galaxy Tab nor the G-Slate has an app advanced plenty to snatch foul balls flying into the car park, so really, either bring a mitt or watch the game at home.