Netflix For Android Available Soon!
Straight from the Netflix blog, Greg Peters from Netflix product development, recently announced the availability of Netflix on Windows Phone 7 devices as well as the iPhone. While those events were taking place several Android users were feeling left out, including myself. We all wanted to know why we didn't get it and when we would, if ever. Thankfully, it's now on the way to your Android mobile device in early 2011.
Greg stated that "We regard Android as an exciting technology that drives a range of great devices that our members could use to instantly watch TV shows and movies from Netflix. We are eager to launch on these devices and are disappointed that we haven’t been able to do so already. The hurdle has been the lack of a generic and complete platform security and content protection mechanism available for Android. The same security issues that have led to piracy concerns on the Android platform have made it difficult for us to secure a common Digital Rights Management (DRM) system on these devices. Setting aside the debate around the value of content protection and DRM, they are requirements we must fulfill in order to obtain content from major studios for our subscribers to enjoy."
I know a handful of users here who have been patiently waiting for this day. Hopefully we will get it as soon as possible and be able to stream movies all day long. My favorite time of day to watch them is while I'm bored at work, and yes I watch them on my iPhone. There's nothing better in my opinion than turning on my favorite movie to past time. Thanks Netflix and we can't wait to enjoy movies on our Android phones.
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I’m looking forward to this a lot. I watch netflix often while I’m at work on my ipod touch linked via my TP2. It will be good to not have to carry around two devices on my person. Also my daughter likes my ipod touch a lot more than I do
2011? Wow, talk about being behind the curve. Looks to me as if Android is being treated like the redheaded step child.
I cant wait!
CW
This can’t come soon enough
I wonder home much closed door antics have went on between Netflix and Microsoft to get this pushed back as long as possible so that Phone 7 could have it before Android.
@Flash_C4 – I think Flash_C4 is smart. Android is an easy platform to develop for. The product support base can very well start out small, and grow later.
On the other side of the coin, WD tried putting netflix into the WDTV live and was unable to do so without changing a chip in the unit itself (wdtv live +). I think my Epic 4G has 10x the horsepower of either of the WD devices and only 1/4 the resolution requirement.
-Roger
I just noticed my nice home=how typo. With all of the “exclusivity” crap that went on with the iPhone there isn’t much that surprises me when it comes to technology getting delayed to put an extra dollar in someones pocket.@Flash_C4 -