Netflix Streaming App Coming to iPad

This is already possible via any netbook or tablet -- via the browser, at netflix.com. I've been watching streaming Netflix videos this way on my laptop for a long while.<p>Are we honestly going to get hyped up about every last feature of existing services that an iPad application replicates?

This is a game changer for me. I told myself before that there is no way I would waste money on one of these. Now...maybe. I'm starting to get a feel for what is possible.

The Netflix app appears to be free unlike the Hulu app. Netflix already charges $5-10/mo. for access to their library so they can get away with offering this service at no additional cost.<p>Hulu is behind what with their users having grown accustomed to free content. Selling "mobile Hulu, only $X/month" is going to be a tough sell.

I'm wondering what technology Netflix is going to use to stream video to their app and how they're going to address studio's security concerns. IIRC, they were using Silverlight because it supported some encryption scheme that made everyone happy.<p>Hm, looks like Silverlight can run on the iPhone: <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/11/27/silverlight-iphone/" rel="nofollow">http://mashable.com/2009/11/27/silverlight-iphone/</a>

FWIW, it's real, it's in the iTunes App Store. (iTunes link: <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/netflix/id363590051?mt=8" rel="nofollow">http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/netflix/id363590051?mt=8</a> )

This is the iPad killer app or an April Fool's joke.

... and why didn't they already launch an iPhone app?

Bear in mind that Netflix streaming doesn't typically include the latest popular releases (hey, that's what iTunes Movie Store is for, right?) However, they do have a pretty decent selection of titles. At the moment, just over 25% of my nearly 50 queued movies are available for streaming.

If I get the 3G will AT&#38;T let me stream my netflix movies over 3g?

I wonder how this is going to work...My 1st gen MacBook (with 2GB RAM) cannot handle my Netflix stream (1.21 MB/s maxed out on Time Warner). It chokes every few seconds.

And yet there's still no Linux support? At this point, I can watch streaming movies on every device I own <i>except</i> my computer.

Amazon Kindle App and now Netflix Streaming App. iPad is just becoming sweeter and sweeter!!