Netflix for Android updated to support more devices

By George Wong on 05/26/2011, filed in Home > CellPhones

While Netflix for Android was launched with only five devices supported, it looks like the company is working hard to get it on as many Android phones as possible. A new update for the Android app was released today, bringing the total number of supported phones up to eight. Sure, there are many other Android phones out there that aren’t supported yet, but with enough patience (and maybe complaints/request to Netflix) you should see the app supporting your phone.

The new phones supported? The LG Revolution with Android 2.2 (of course, since the app comes with the phone out of the box anyway), the Motorola Droid with Android 2.2 (it’s pretty amazing that this almost 2-year old phone is still being supported), and the very rugged Casio G’zOne Commando C771 with Android 2.2.

Head over to the Android Market to download Netflix for your Android phone now.

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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