Netflix for Android leaked online

By George Wong on 03/16/2011, filed in Home > CellPhones

Netflix for Android leaked online Folks who have been clamoring for Netflix to arrive on Android can somewhat rejoice. The Netflix app for the Android operating system has recently found its way online and is available for download. Netflix, the biggest video on demand service available in the US was previously announced to work on devices with Qualcomm processors, but according to reports, the app has been found to run on multiple devices including the Motorola Xoom Honeycomb tablet. There have also been reports about the app not being able to stream videos at all, though this could be due to Netflix blocking the service from their end. The leak of the app does suggest that it will be officially released soon, though we’ll have to wait for an announcement to confirm. In the meantime, if you’d like to give the Netflix app a shot, head here.

Android: Android is the mobile operating system from Google. The software was originally built by a company called Android Inc, that was purchased by Google in 2005. From its modest debuts, Android has become a powerhouse that powers not only smartphones and tablet, but a host of other less high-profile devices and gadgets. Although Android is not a community-driven project, Google does release the source code as open-source under the Apache license. You can follow Ubergizmo on Android with Google Currents.

Netflix: Netflix Inc is an Internet company that distributes video on-demand. As of 2012, the company operated in the USA, but also in South America, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. Netflix was founded in 1997 in California and is still based in Los Gatos in the Silicon Valley. Of course, Netflix is also provides DVD rentals via regular mail, and that is actually how the company took off before becoming the entity that is said to account for 29% of USA download Internet traffic as of March 2011. Netflix is one of the largest customer of Amazon's AWS infrastructure business.

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