Netflix Streaming App Launched For iPhone And iPod
Netflix bring the big screen to the little screen
Netflix has released an application for the iPhone and iPod which allows you to stream TV Shows and Movies to your portable device.
The official Netflix Blog Says: “Jamie Odell, director of product management, here. We hinted at a free Netflix App for the iPhone and iPod touch in April, announced it in June and I’m happy to share that it is available now!”
The Netflix Blog Continues: “If you want to instantly watch TV episodes and movies on your iPhone or iPod touch, all you need to do is get the free Netflix App from the App Store at http://iTunes.com/apps/netflix and have a Netflix membership starting at $8.99 a month. What’s the first thing you’ll watch via your iPhone or iPod touch.”
The good points going for this application are:
- Seamless playback across multiple devices: You can start watching a movie or television show on your computer or another device that streams Netflix and at whatever point you stop what you are watching, you can resume where you left off on the iPhone application.
- Playback available on WIFI or 3G: You can watch media from Netflix using AT&T’s 3G connection or a WIFI connection.
- Modify your Netflix Queue: You can add movies to your Netflix Instant Queue from the iPhone app.
The biggest drawback unfortunately is the actual playback of the media from Netflix. Playback was very choppy for me. I tested this on an iPhone 3G, 3GS, and 4G. I tried playing a few different TV shows and movies using AT&Ts 3G connection and 2 different WIFI networks and had problems with the media wanting to loop back a few seconds a few times each time.
Hulu’s Hulu Plus is a service that streams television shows for $10 a month to various devices including the iPhone. Playback on the Hulu application has been flawless.
While the Hulu selection of movies is not that great compared to Netflix, if you are mostly interested in watching television shows on your iPhone, then the Hulu app is a good choice over the Netflix app.
Hulu Plus is currently only available by invite, but you can request an invitation from Hulu.
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i heared that The application is free; Netflix memberships start at nine bucks a month. We watched a full-length film over the iPhone’s 3G connection – Silent Running, indeed ,my hobby is collecting any nice iphone apps , i think these apps are very useful too . if i can watch TV directly on iphone , i needn’t to convert some videos with Aneesoft iphone video converter to my iphone ~~ but on the other hand, i deeply feel i becoming lazyer and lazyer . Needless to say ， the updated Continuously iphone and ipad just make people becoming lazyer ,though they bring us more experience.
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