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NFL Mobile
You can watch game highlights or check out other featured videos organized under themes like Top
5 Catches, Drive Of The Week, and Can't-Miss Plays. You can also listen to audio broadcasts of
games (in English or Spanish). And you can exchange tickets, purchase team apparel, or buy other
NFL paraphernalia — hey, in case you haven't noticed, football is big business. During an actual
game, you can chart the action inside an animated graphic of an NFL stadium. Though the app is
free, Verizon customers shell out $5 a month for more.
Movies by Flixster
We like movies, so we both use the Flixster app a lot. Feed it your zip code, and then browse local
theaters by movie, showtime, rating, or distance from your current location. Or browse to find a
movie you like, and then tap to find theaters, showtimes, and other info. Buy tickets to most movies
from your iPad mini. Read reviews, play movie trailers, and e-mail movie listings to others with a
single tap.
IMDb Movies & TV
This is the place to go for complete cast and crew listings, actor and filmmaker bios, plot summar-
ies, movie trailers, critics' reviews, user ratings, parental guidance, famous quotations, and all kinds
of trivia. You can always search for movies, TV shows, actors, and so on by typing a name in the
search box in the upper-right corner of the screen. Or tap Browse at the lower left to find current
movies by showtime, what's coming soon, or box office results. You can browse TV recaps, too.
Netflix
From the iPad mini, you have more or less instant access to thousands of Netflix movies on demand.
Although the app is free, as are the movies you choose to watch on the fly, you have to pay Netflix
streaming subscription fees that start at $7.99 a month. You also need an Internet connection, prefer-
ably through Wi-Fi, though Netflix works on cellular models as well. DVD Netflix subscribers
might also quibble about the fact that you can't manage your DVD queue inside the app.
Remember what we've told you about streaming movies over 3G or 4G, and be mind-
ful of your data plan.
