And The Oscar Goes To…
I’m a big movie fan so every year award shows like the Oscars are quite the event. Usually, my friends will come over, we’ll print off the ballots, and guess which movies and actors will win awards.
Well this year, I can use the Oscar.com widget to countdown every second till the big event on this Sunday evening.
The widget has a lot of cool features. As I mentioned before, there is a running countdown up to the event. The widget gives a rundown of the nominees, has an Oscar trivia game, plays the video trailer for the television broadcast, and provides an Oscar news feed.
There is another really cool aspect to this widget. All of its content is also available from a Web-enabled mobile phone. Press the button that says “Mobile”, enter your information or the information of the user you want to send the mobile widget to, press send, and a text message will be sent with the information on how to retrieve the widget.
The Oscar.com widget is a great example of how a widget can help you garner excitement around an upcoming event, help you to identify who your vocal and passionate users are, and act as a medium to pass them rewards such as special exclusive content.