For others, however, the greatest spectator sport comes with the Academy Awards. For them, Oscar ceremony this Sunday may be the first where mobile devices really change the experience, thanks to applications such as Oscar Backstage Pass ($ 1 on the iPhone and iPad), Live from the red carpet (free on the Apple and Android devices) and Obsessed with Hollywood ($ 2 for iPhone and iPad).
The most promising and interesting, the list is Oscar Backstage Pass. The application works on the iPhone and iPod touch (provided it is available a Wi-Fi), but those with iPad will have a much better time with it.
Backstage Pass, unlike most other applications, will change dramatically as the move of the celebrations of Sunday together. Before the ceremony, it provides video segments on various elements of Oscar, together with a countdown to the event.
Once the ABC television coverage begins (at 7 p.m. Eastern time), the application's screen will reset to cover 90 minutes on the red carpet. ABC plans to give users options for eight angles not shown to viewers. So if ABC on-air commentators are interviewing someone you care little for, you can look elsewhere.
Live video Feed of the application continues during the advertising.
When the ceremony starts 90 minutes later, the app will change again. The plans provide for users to have nine options including camera views, and view coverage backstage makeup Chair, where the Oscar presenters will be ready later.
After the show ends, the app will show the live video of Governor's ball, the official Oscar party. This time, plans call for a choice of five angles.
For all three portions of the coverage of the event, one alternative camera views will include narration. Otherwise, the audience will hear the sound of the environment.
Those who download the application would approach the experience with measured expectations, since there is no way to predict how well you perform when many thousands of users search the same live camera feeds on Sunday evening.
In the past, mobile video apps tied to live events suffered tremendously, with frozen screens, fragmented static audio and video. (Mobile viewers to World Cup basketball tournament, the National Collegiate Athletic Association and opening games of National Football League will remember well.)
But Albert Cheng, executive vice President of digital media for Disney/ABC Television Group, said his company would be willing to serve a broad audience of mobile telephony. If a user's video quality suffers, said, more likely would be the result of a slow cellular network connection.
After the show is completed, Backstage Pass will present a list of video highlights of the day. The application will also be free to download at that point.
Those who don't want to spend a dollar on ABC app, or who own Android devices, should consider Live from the red carpet, and! Network.
The application provides a camera view from the procedure, and the red carpet! Network broadcast Team, as well as a "Glam Cam" showing 360 ° panoramas of dresses stars.
Live from the Red Carpet covered also the Grammy Awards, Golden Globes and other business full of stars. After each event, and! offers video highlights and stories written.
As fun as video can be, however, fails to satisfy one of the most pressing needs of the viewer Oscar — information about candidates and movies. For this, the Vanity Fair Hollywood: Oscar Edition is a good choice.
Vanity Fair provides basic information on the candidates in each main category, along with relevant clips from work.
The application also offers some fodder for good conversation with his Oscar polls. You can vote for the winners of Oscars and see how your picks compare to those of others who use the app. presentations and videos are also available.
The app is so smooth as content printed in the magazine, which is quite a switch from many other free celebrity-oriented apps. But which quality has a price: different sections of the app loading took minutes for the first time, even on a Wi-Fi high speed.
To route a lot less polished, but much faster at Oscar information Guide Awards: The Oscars, which is free. Provides fast search for candidate this year, as well as information on past awards, nominations, forums, and hosts.
At least at the beginning of this week, Android users has no option that could fully compete with applications of Vanity Fair or Guide Awards. A best bet would be to open a mobile browser and log in Oscar Oscar.go.com, official site. (Bring your patience. The site is more difficult to navigate on a mobile phone.)
If you are a Hollywood trivia nut, or you want to insert some friendly competition in your Oscar party, the iPhone app Obsessed with Hollywood is a solid bet. The app is featured in Apple's Game Center, and includes 2500 questions and 200 hours of gameplay.
Probably just enough time, in other words, to get you for next year's Oscar celebrations and, presumably, many more applications.
Speed dialling
ProCamera ($ 3 on iPhone), an application highly rated photos, recently updated its features include zoom deeper, more photo effects and better exposure controls. Crowdbeacon, a new app for iPhone (free), transmits queries to local users that may suggest answers on a wide range of applications. Android users who have been inspired by this week's holiday should consider the United States Presidents app, which is free. The application includes trivia, quizzes and a parade.
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