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March 9, 2009 9:00 PM PDT

Another stage for American Idols--the iPhone

by Jessica Dolcourt
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If you can't get enough of "American Idol," the producers behind the hit celebrity-making reality show are giving fans from the rabid to shyly closeted an official app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The release of the $1.99 app, called (verbosely) American Idol Season 8 Exclusive Videos, is opportune, just in time for the season's final 13 contestants to really battle it out as more Idols get axed.

Each week, the app will stream exclusive videos, many of them confessional, that take you deeper into the contestants' worlds--for instance, what inspires them and what makes them tick. The "Idol" app may center around the 78 videos airing on just the iPhone by the season's end, but it also includes the same daily newsfeed and blog post you can find online, a handy section on the singers' biographies, and links to the iTunes music store, where you can directly buy the tracks performed by your favorite up-and-comers.

As an extra perk, the "Idol" app lets you test your powers of prognostication with a setting to rank the contestants' bios in the order you predict they'll finish, time-stamped to keep you from claiming you knew the top dogs all along.

International "Idol" fans will sadly have to wait for their own networks and producers to commission a similar application--this "American Idol" sings on American iPhones only.

"American Idol" contestants (Credit: AmericanIdol.com)
Jessica Dolcourt reviews the latest and greatest smartphone apps, in addition to a healthy dose of Windows software. E-mail Jessica and follow her on Twitter.
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by drpr March 9, 2009 10:03 PM PDT
Clever money-making scheme, I suppose. If I were an American Idol fan- and a kid- I'd buy the app ONLY if it were for all seasons. I can't see the value of paying any money for something that's only good for season 8.
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by 7aji88 March 9, 2009 10:36 PM PDT
Good way to calculate the number of idiots.
"hey check out this app, it can get videos of the web"
"isn't that what you can do with YouTube and other sites??"
"yeah, but this one costs 2$"
"seigh -_- "
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by kipperdog March 9, 2009 10:55 PM PDT
Videos featured in the app are not available on the web, YouTube, or other sites. It is video content produced exclusive for, and only included in, this app. Plus - there'll be over 70 videos total by the end of the season and each is about 3 minutes long. I think that's a pretty good entertainment value for $1.99 for Idol fans.
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by don_bidarian March 16, 2009 1:47 PM PDT
I'm an American Idol fan, but I don't think that I'm gonna pay for this, seems so lame to me.
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