Netflix Targeting Android Next

[exfileme]

Netflix is looking to hire an Android video playback expert.

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[Brent_NC]

Woohoo!

 

[dman3k]

I want mono on my Android.

 

[descendency]

YES! Nexus One please.

 

[Abrahm]

Awesome! Android is getting better and better every day.

 

[daworstplaya]

About time, wish they had developed for the iphone and Andriod at the same time, but better late than never.

 

[thackstonns]

I love the small market share that android and the iphone has compared with blackberry, yet they get the apps. Although I dont know why Netflix would make one for apple? I bet it gets pulled as soon as apple builds thier own.

 

[righteous fury]

Never underestimate the power of the DarkSide...

Vader lives!

 

[joe gamer]

Oh this is awesome.

 

[phate]

C++? I thought the Android was a Java development environment? Am I mistaken?

 

[Honis]

[citation][nom]Phate[/nom]C++? I thought the Android was a Java development environment? Am I mistaken?[/citation]
They have a C++ based SDK (I think it's called NDK?). It would be the preferred method of video playback considering they'll need to emulate Silverlight in some for or other.

 

[vcbb10]

Orb works with all of them. While not the same as netflix or other subscription services, it's certainly worth noting.

 

[brando56894]

[citation][nom]Phate[/nom]C++? I thought the Android was a Java development environment? Am I mistaken?[/citation]

Thats what I was thinking "why C++?", android is java based, I have the droid.

 

[lukeeu]

[citation][nom]Phate[/nom]C++? I thought the Android was a Java development environment? Am I mistaken?[/citation] Java (or rather Dalvik) is the primary API. It's used for drawing UI and IPC. Developers also can write libs in C/C++/fortran using standard GNU/Linux libs like OpenGL, png, sqlite, zlib, openssl, etc... etc.. those can be later used from Java (Dalvik). Also you can compile existing C programs to run on Android

 

[JohnnyLucky]

Looks like Netflix is rapidly becoming the next block buster! :lol:

 

[henrystrawn]

Ya know I have never used netflix. With their saturation of pop ups, pop unders, pop sideways, pop afters and the most annoying flash based pop over content and resize.

I will NEVER use netflix. I wonder if that is the advertising result they were looking for. I would much rather use a good encoder and a transflash card.

 

[Guest]

netflix "scheduled to hit the Nintendo Wii sometime this Spring"? yes, if by "scheduled" you mean "did" and "sometime this Spring" means "March 26". C'mon, it was 2 weeks ago, already....

 

[skatt3rbrain]

Netflix is already on Wii--I got my disc weeks ago.

 

[pojih]

Favorite thing to use my 360 for - netflix.

 

[fishyfish]

Because nothing beats watching movies on poststamp-size screen. Yeah.