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IMDb App for Android: Frequently Asked Questions

How is IMDb for Android different than the regular IMDb website?
IMDb Movies & TV app for Android gives you access to all 2 million movie and TV title pages as well as 4 million industry professionals and celebrities. We offer our most popular data including: quotes, trivia, plot summaries, synopsis, birth dates and celebrity mini-bios. Top specialty pages are also supported such as showtimes, trailers, photos, TV network schedules, TV show recaps, box office results, IMDb Top 250 movies of all time, MOVIEmeter (most searched titles on IMDb) and STARmeter (most searched celebrities on IMDb). You can also sign in with your IMDb or Facebook account to rate movies and TV shows, manage your Watchlist, check in and share what you're watching, and set your favorite theaters.

What are the device and system requirements?
The app is supported on any device which is running Android 1.6 or above.

Where can I get IMDb Movies & TV for Android? Is it free?
The IMDb app is free. Visit the Android marketplace on your device and search for "IMDb". Select and install the application titled "IMDb Movies & TV" that is published by IMDb, Inc.

Is the IMDb app available internationally?
Yes, IMDb Movies & TV for Android is currently available worldwide. It is available in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese.

Can I move the app to my SD card?
Yes. You can move the app to your SD card by going to the Settings screen. Click on Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > IMDb Movies & TV and then click on "Move to SD card".

Can I add to my Watchlist from my mobile phone?
You can add to and view your Watchlist from your Android phone. To do this, you’ll need the most recent version of the IMDb App.

How do I install a widget?
After installing the latest version of the IMDb app (v 2.0), you can install the IMDb widget on your Android device. On the home screen of your Android device, do a "long press", click "widgets" on the message box and then select IMDb.

Can I access the IMDb Message Boards? Yes, you can now access the general Message Boards, as well as Message Boards for movies, TV shows, and people. Anybody can read the boards. To start a new topic or post a reply, you must be signed in and authenticated. You can also ignore users and submit abuse reports as necessary. We do not yet support the editing of posts, or your user profile page.

Which intents are supported by the IMDb app?
Application developers can link directly to a page on the Android app by calling an intent. In version 2.0 of IMDb Movies & TV, we have published intents to the search page, title page (i.e. movie’s or TV show’s title page) and name page (i.e. any person's page) on IMDb.

Is there an IMDb app available for iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Phone or other phone platforms?
Yes, we have an app for iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone 7 devices. Our new mobile site, m.imdb.com, offers a fast way to get just the right amount of information on the go from your Blackberry and many more smart phone platforms.

Is an Internet network connection required to use the IMDb app?
IMDb apps require an Internet connection. IMDb data is retrieved from the live IMDb web site. The app can retrieve IMDb data over 2G or 3G cellular networks as well as over Wi-Fi local area networks.

My data looks stale. It hasn't changed for several days.
IMDb Movies & TV app saves your most recent page visits on the device for approximately one hour to allow fast loading (such as when accessing "Coming Soon" and "MovieMeter" lists). If you believe data is stale you can force a refresh by doing the following:

  1. Open the Options menu from your home screen.
  2. Click the "Settings" button.
  3. Click on "Applications."
  4. Click on "Manage Applications."
  5. Select "IMDb" from the list.
  6. Click on the "Clear cache" button.
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