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The new universal application (iTunes link) is now available for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The free software allows Netflix customers with unlimited memberships to stream content from their Instant Watch queue.
Users can pick up watching where they left off with a movie or TV show on another device, such as their iPad, TV, or computer. The application also allows users to manage their Netflix queue, but only for Instant Watch. There is not currently a way to manage the queue for mailed discs.
My only complaint is you can't manage your mailer queue via the app. When a friend suggests a movie to me, I immediately pop open PhoneFlix and put it in my queue. I guess I'll just keep using that for mobile queue management.
Glad the app is out. lame that it's one of those not optimized for the Retina display. Kind of inexcusable that the interface icons aren't high res since this is shipping two months after the iPhone 4 release. I can understand all of their movie artwork not yet being optimized but the splash screen and interface? Lame.
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Glad the app is out. lame that it's one of those not optimized for the Retina display. Kind of inexcusable that the interface icons aren't high res since this is shipping two months after the iPhone 4 release. I can understand all of their movie artwork not yet being optimized but the splash screen and interface? Lame.
Seriously?!
Does it really matter? This is an app to watch movies not look at pretty graphics and icon.
Quote:Originally Posted by Wurm5150
Seriously?!
Does it really matter? This is an app to watch movies not look at pretty graphics and icon.
When you stop being satisfied with mediocrity your world will vastly improve.
Can you output to your tv with this app? I've heard you can do that with the iPad version. Anyone actually tried this?
It is lame that you can't manage your dvd queu. I have a free app (Movieflick I think or something like that) that lets you manage both queues so I don't see how it can be that difficult. Not a deal breaker by any stretch though.
Lightspeed Retail offers a streamlined label printing process, allowing you to print customized labels individually and when processing a purchase order or transfer. You can also manage a label queue to print labels in batches.
Creating a new item or receiving inventory from a purchase order automatically adds labels to the label queue. Labels can also be added to the label queue individually or through the item import tool.
When people consider adopting a tool like Instapaper to create a reading queue, I suspect that most of them think to use the tool for only the first two content types on my list (blogs and websites). And, indeed, this is how I originally used Instapaper.
However, at any one time, I may have a big backlog of reading across a multitude of sources. The trouble for me was that I got so habituated to looking only at Instapaper for my next item to read that I would often forget that I had magazines, newsletters, PDFs, etc. also awaiting my attention.
My trick for solving this was to expand my use of Instapaper and create a unified reading queue for ALL of my content sources. In fact, I use Instapaper even for sources that are not natively supported by the app (the most obvious ones being PDFs and newsletters).
Feedly is a fantastic RSS reader. The free version has a robust feature set and can manage up to 100 sources. The pro version raises that limit to 1,000 and adds numerous advanced features (notes, highlighting, power search, integrations, and more).
The beauty of Instapaper is that it not only adds each post to your queue but also downloads it for offline reading. Moreover, the app simplifies the layout and formatting to make each article easier to read.
While surfing the web, a common challenge people seem to face is where to store (or how to remember) sites, articles, etc. they would like to explore later. Some people might leave scores of tabs open in their browser. Others might bookmark them. Users of Evernote (and other similar tools) might use web clipper extensions.
If a newsletter offers a web version of the email, then the process is dead simple. Follow the link to the web version and then add the newsletter to Instapaper the same way you would for any web page.
Instapaper (and similar apps like Pocket) allow you to add items to your queue via email. After you register with Instapaper, you can send items to your account via a custom email address which will look something like this: readlater.x...@instapaper.com.
Many people may not find the need to be as hyper-organized as I am. Even so, I hope this post provides inspiration for some of the ways you can leverage Instapaper (and/or Feedly) to enhance your reading habits.
Ever start watching a movie and then pause it because you have to leave home? You don't have to leave your Netflix movies in the middle anymore. Now you can watch the whole thing, anywhere, with the Netflix mobile app. This lets you view movies and TV shows on a smartphone or tablet. The best part? There's no extra charge, as long as you already subscribe to Netflix. The catch? You've got to have the right phone or tablet.
Android, Apple, and Windows 7 mobile-device owners can all access the Netflix mobile app. However, the application has come under fire lately for its relatively limited Android release. Only a handful of Android systems can support the Netflix streaming so far [source: Broida]. Netflix says it's working fast to bring video streaming to more mobile systems, but it's hampered by the lack of standardized streaming playback features across Android phones [source: Netflix].
The company has been releasing limited apps for years. As early as 2009, you could manage your queues from your mobile device and watch video previews [source: Pasch]. But it wasn't until 2010 that you could actually view a full-length feature or TV show on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch. Since then, Netflix competitor Hulu has released a similar application for its "Plus" subscribers [source: Hulu].
To download Netflix Mobile, just search for the app in the Android Marketplace, Apple iTunes Store, or Windows Phone 7 Marketplace. Log in with your existing Netflix username and password, and instantly stream movies already listed in your Instant Queue. You can download the app without being a subscriber, but it won't do anything. In that case, try the company's free month-long trial to see if you like the service.
If you have a Droid, check Netflix's database of devices to see if your system is compatible. The reason for the exclusivity is that Android phones are "fragmented," which basically means phone manufacturers and carriers have customized so many types of Androids that each one needs its own app [source: Krazit]. Each app takes time to develop and Netflix is working on this. Apple and Windows users have total integration, or zero variance in their mobile systems. Total integration lets every Apple product (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) and Window 7 Phone access any apps launched for them.
Another thing to watch out for is a device limit. While Netflix lets you register up to 50 devices per account, only six can be active at one time. So the more phones and tablets you activate, the fewer computers, DVD players, and streaming boxes (like Roku) you'll be able to use at home. If you have the most comprehensive Netflix subscription (currently $51.98 per month for unlimited streaming and DVDs, eight at a time) up to four mobile devices can stream simultaneously. But lesser subscriptions allow only one or two devices to stream at a time [source: Netflix].
In fact, the only thing Netflix Mobile compromises is size: tiny buttons and a small screen you can't comfortably share during a whole movie [source: Ackerman]. All other features are the same. You'll get the same streaming selections you would find on the Netflix website. (These are limited compared to what you can get via DVDs.) You can start movies from where you left off and buffering is quick. Streaming quality is high and controlled by easy-to-understand buttons.
You will want to make sure your data plan can support the strong demands of streaming. Streaming video does eat up a lot of data, so check with your phone provider to ensure you're not stuck with fees for going over your limit. Streaming a two-hour movie from Netflix will use around 300 megabytes of data [source: Miller].
One thing you'll definitely like is the precautions Netflix has taken to ensure streaming security. This has actually caused some of the delay in releasing new Android app versions, because Netflix has had to customize security on each version [source: Boulton]. So far, it seems the biggest complaint about the app is the delay in getting it to every device.
The iOS app now offers a mini-player that allows video playback to continue while browsing the app. This can be used to allow you to find another video to watch or add to the play queue, for instance.
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