Inauguration, iPhone-style

19.01.2009
As , you can catch Tuesday's presidential inauguration festivities on your Intel-based Mac through the courtesy of Silverlight on . But what if you're nowhere near your Mac, Intel-based or otherwise?

Not to worry--there's more than one way to swear in a chief executive. announced that its Talk Radio app will audio stream the inauguration of Barack Obama, adding a special host program specifically for the event. , which costs $2, runs on any iPhone or iPod touch with the iPhone 2.x software update.

Lifehacker lists a pair of alternative iPhone options in its . Sadly, one of those options----is not available on the App Store as of this writing. Another app, allows attendees to file their own reports and share them , through a joint project of NPR.org, CBS News, and American University.

There are a little more than a dozen , though they tend to focus on presidential trivia, D.C. area events, or counting down the minutes to the big event.