| The most frequently asked questions
about ScoreKeeper
| Q: |
What
is the difference between ScoreKeeper 6 and 7 |
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The basic scoring features are the same between the two versions.
ScoreKeeper 7 provides some advanced scoring features along with a
much more robust pitch charting engine which aids in decision making
during the games. The following features are included in
version 7 but not in 6.0:
- New Pitch Chart Mode with one
click on/off (if charting one team)
- Batter's view of pitches hit by
zone and type. Supports All Games.
- Export game files by beaming to
another PDA or Sending via BlueTooth or Email
- Option for entering errors on foul
balls
- Option for selecting past ball or
wild pitch using ON > by Dropped third strike
- Option for On> by Sac Bunt
(choice of Error or Fielder's Choice)
- Option to advance runners by
Defensive Indifference
- Option for DP in the fielding
positions (Flex)
- Click here for screen
images of Version 7.0
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| Q: |
Will
ScoreKeeper work without a copy of TurboStats |
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ScoreKeeper is a live game scoring program designed to take
advantage of the convenience of the Palm PDA platform for it's size,
battery life, instant on and touch screen interface. You can
store unlimited games on the PDA (only limited by memory) and view
basic stats right on the PDA screen for individual games and ALL
games. Due to the limited screen size only 11 batting stats
and 12 pitching stats are viewable on the PDA. Without
TurboStats on the PC you can hotsync and print individual game
scorebook pages and play by play reports but not seasonal stat
reports. TurboStats on the PC is designed for advanced
statistic reporting of up to 300 stats per player with Righty vs
Lefty breakdowns (Pro Version). TurboStats also prints Spray
Chart diagrams and allows reports to be created for conference, non
conference, tournament and other game types. If you are a fan,
parent or youth coach who does not require printed reports or does
not need to analyze performance data, you can use ScoreKeeper
standalone with good results. TurboStats can be added in the
future if you needs change. To see all the other features in
TurboStats click here: TurboStats
Features. Use the back button on your browser to come back
to this page. |
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| Q: |
Will
ScoreKeeper work on a Laptop? |
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No and Yes. No because there is nothing we can sell you to
make it work. Yes because Palm offers developers an emulator
program that can popup a Palm session on your PC or Laptop. We
don't support this functionality but if you visit Palm's developer
site you can get a copy of the emulator from them. visit the Palm
Developer Site. Please don't call our support site on this
issue. If you use the emulator you are on your own. It does
work well but you won't be able to hotsync and must know how to
manually move games from the emulator to your palm user backup
directories. And by the way, you must have a palm to do
this because you need the palm desktop software loaded on your PC
regardless. |
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| Q: |
How
do ScoreKeeper and TurboScore for laptops compare? |
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Well maybe the best question is how does scoring on a laptop
compare with scoring on a Palm PDA. In our opinion, there is
no comparison. The PDA is much easier. The PDA is better in
the sunlight, batteries last about 10 times as long, touch screen is
fantastic and its much easier to sit there with a Palm in your hand
than a Laptop on your lap (especially in the rain). There are
some users who have scoring booths with power available. For
these situations we still recommend ScoreKeeper because it's easier
to use and tracks up to 300 stats. TurboScore is a nice
program that looks like a scorebook page on your laptop and is easy
to use. However it will only export about 50 stats into
TurboStats and won't support righty vs lefty stats or fielding by
individual positions. If you want TurboScore for your laptop,
we suggest you get TurboStats Complete to go with it. For more
information about TurboScore, visit this page. TurboScore
. Use your browsers BACK button to come back to this page. |
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| Q: |
Besides
the Palm Tungsten E2, what other PDA's will run ScoreKeeper? |
| A: |
ScoreKeeper is designed to run on any Palm OS PDA. If you
will be using it outside, get a high resolution color screen or
monochrome. Low resolution screens like the Z22 are hard to
see in the sunlight. Treo650, Tungsten C, E2, TX and Zire 72
are great choices.
- Any Palm Pilot, Handspring Visor, Treo 600 or
650, IBM Workpad or Sony Clie with any Palm Operating System
3.0 or higher and least 250k available memory.
- ScoreKeeper App requires 200K free space.
Each game requires approx 8-12K (based on number of events).
example: A 2 MB Palm can hold about 200 concurrent games.
Games can be removed after Hot Sync for Unlimited Capacity.
The Tungsten E2 has 32 MB.
- DOES not work on Pocket PC, IPAQ, HP Jordana
or any other CE handheld. Only on Palm OS Operating
Systems. Works on all model Palm Pilots, Handsprings and
Sony Handhelds. Does not support the Treo 700.
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| Q: |
Are there plans to support Windows Mobile
PDA's or Pocket PC? |
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Yes, however we have no release data and don't expect anything to
be available real soon. ScoreKeeper 6 & 7 have been tested
for years on the Palm and are highly reliable. Right now the Palm is
the way to go. You can use both the Palm and Pocket PC on the
same PC. |
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| Q: |
How does TurboStats and ScoreKeeper compare
with competitive systems? |
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First off, TurboStats is the original and oldest company on the
market providing baseball PDA scorekeeper software. As
competitors come and go in the market, TurboStats has been in
business for over 14 years supporting our customers. As far as
features go, TurboStats is the market leader. The following is
a list of features you should consider before purchasing any
competitive software.
- Reliability. If it crashes it's worthless.
TurboStats products are highly reliable and used by thousands
and thousands of schools. That's one of top reasons
users tell us when they trade in a competitors product for
TurboStats
- Selected by Palm Inc. see
story
- Keep all games on the PDA till you delete them. Some
products only keep one game on your PDA and you can't use the
previous game data for scouting or stats.
ScoreKeeper stores unlimited games and displays spray and pitch
chart data on screen during the game when you need it.
- 300 plus stats. No other PDA products track as much.
- Ease of Use, Ease of Use, Ease of Use...just ask our users.
Quotes
- No Support Contract Required ( other companies charge $50
annually for support)
- Updates and new features added frequently. No other
company has released more version updates for statistics
tracking than TurboStats.
- Pitch Charting
- Career Stats
- Fielding Stats (some competitor product don't track fielding)
- Real Spray Charts (some competitor product just put numbers in
right, center and left field and call that spray charting)
- Spray chart data viewable during the game (and for all games
that player played in)
- Pitch chart data viewable during the game (and for all games
that player played in)
- Guaranteed to work as advertised.
- Cost.
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Q: Do I still need a paper scorebook?
A: No, If you want to still keep one you can but you
will quickly find you can live without it. ScoreKeeper will print a
full scorebook page on your PC
Q: Does ScoreKeeper track all the stats found in
TurboStats?
A: YES. ScoreKeeper even tracks righty/lefty
batting and pitching and fielding by position.
Q: The game moves so fast, Will I be
able to keep up with ScoreKeeper ?
A: NO PROBLEM. ScoreKeeper is so
intuitive that you can use it live as soon as you get it. The
integration with TurboStats for reporting is first rate and the product
reliablity is so high that even Palm Inc choose it for their Major League
Baseball project. Fans a Pacific Bell Park download ScoreKeeper and
score the game without any instruction book or help. You don't have
to know anything about Palms or Computers to score with ScoreKeeper
Questions from a Customer:
"I just gave up on one of your competitor's products and am now
looking for another product to keep score for my daughter's softball
games. I downloaded the demo and played with it last night and was
impressed. A couple questions:"
- April 4th 2003
Q1:
The free download has some limits on
functionality. How can I evaluate the fully integrated version?
Some of the issues I had with your competitor's product had to do with
integration between PDA and computer, and I cannot evaluate that with your
free download. The last product I looked at seemed great until I
tried to use it with real games, real
situations, real stats.
Answer: With the TurboStats 11.0 demo you can import a game but it will only import the first 3 players.
This will allow you to try it out fully. Create a lineup in TurboStats with the same names as the PDA and then you can test it. When you are prompted
to enter a ScoreKeeper password just by pass that screen. Make sure you downloaded the full ScoreKeeper demo package and not just the .prc file. You can't test it with the sample team file as it has more than 6 games entered already and that is also a trial limit.
Create a new team file for testing.
Q2:
The most serious problem I had with your
competitor's product had to do with making substitution corrections
during and after the game. There are
often large scale substitutions, especially in practice games, that are
impossible to fully enter in the PDA when they happen, so I have to go
back after the game and correct them. Can
sub changes also be made on the computer after the game is uploaded?
Can I change any substitution, enter new ones, mid inning, mid-batter?
This is where the other software I evaluated died, so it is very important
to me, and I'm concerned that the free download version will not allow me
to adequately evaluate this.
Answer: ScoreKeeper handles changes easily. Just scroll back in the game and press the EDIT button. You can change anything with EDIT.
Change the batter, the pitcher, pitch counts or any of the stats. You can also make any changes you want on the computer in TurboStats
12.0 after you import the game. This is the most flexible and complete system on the market.
Q: How stable is the Software. Does it crash?
A: ScoreKeeper has been tested and is currently in
use by thousands of teams. It's very reliable.
Q. How long do the Palm Pilot batteries last ? are
they lithium?
Tungsten E2 last about 10 hours. You
can also work with the PDA plugged in for unlimited use
Q. What will I do with all the extra time
ScoreKeeper will save me ?
A: It's really up to you. Some
people like getting home to their families sooner while others like to
spend it by preparing for their next game or practice. Many others
just get caught up viewing all the detailed reports and graphs it makes in
TurboStats. However you spend it we guarantee you'll never go back
to paper scoring. ScoreKeeper is just too cool.
Q. Is there a way to beam game files to
other palm's running ScoreKeeper ?
A: This functionality is now built
into version 7.0 Pitch Chart Edition
A: Here is a third party utility for
version 6.0. The program is called "FileMan"
from Michael Waldron ($10 registration fee) Download
FileMan from PalmGeam.com
Q. Is there a way to track just my son and
not the entire team using ScoreKeeper ?
A: You can create a lineup with one batter
with the Bats box checked and just score him. Add some additional players without their bats box checked and when he is up Use MENU International tiebreaker to put the correct runners on base. When the inning is over and the other team is up use Menu > Mercy rule to get back to your team. That should work for you.
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