Motorola DROID X, DROID 2 and First-gen DROID each get Netflix app ported to it

0. phoneArena posted on 12 May 2011, 23:30

While this afternoon's announcement of the launch of the Netflix app for Android shut out all Motorola Android devices, the guys at Xda-developers found a way to port over the software to three DROID models...

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1. vantenkiest posted on 12 May 2011, 23:37 1 1

WOOOOOOOOOOT congrats Droid users. .. Please go for HTC Incredible 2.. before my fiancee kills me lol

3. Lucas777 posted on 12 May 2011, 23:39 0 0

hahaha lol

4. vantenkiest posted on 12 May 2011, 23:45 0 0

you know lucas777 its not that funny shes a red head... irish to the core.

ok so its hysterical.

5. Lucas777 posted on 12 May 2011, 23:48 0 0

haha lost you there... but hahahahahahaha

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6. vantenkiest posted on 12 May 2011, 23:51 0 0

jerk lol Well its bed time... work in the morning then 2nd job alllll night long. 11am to 3pm.. then 5pm till 4am

7. Lucas777 posted on 12 May 2011, 23:52 0 0

umm goodnight? i guess? hahahahahahahaha

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9. BobbyTaba posted on 13 May 2011, 00:57 1 0

It is a great app on my Droid Incredible

12. remixfa posted on 13 May 2011, 07:08 0 0

ive had the app for my vibrant for about 2 months. it did everything but play video.. lol. now they just have to turn it on for us!! cant wait

18. narley posted on 14 May 2011, 08:01 0 0

and 4G LTE users with the Thunderbolt are left behind!

pretty ass backwards if you assssssssssssk me.

2. bossmt_2 posted on 12 May 2011, 23:38 0 0

Thank you

8. Thump3rDX17 posted on 13 May 2011, 00:40 1 0

Oooo! exciting! i had to watch my sister watch Reno 911! on her Incredible today and it made me sad..hopefully Gingerbread comes to the Droid X and 2 today so i can try out this .apk.

10. clevername posted on 13 May 2011, 01:42 1 0

What's the reason they just can't release it for say 2.1 and up so all Android devices can run it? This is the exact kind of fragmentation Android naysayers use to make their arguments valid. And to be frank, it shows it to be true. There is no reason apps can't be made with minimum requirements that are still able to take advantage of maximum specs. Its backward compatibility.

11. MorePhonesThanNeeded (unregistered) posted on 13 May 2011, 02:53 2 0

It's Netflix that has to make sure DRM works correctly on each of the android phones. The bloody Droid is essentially a 2.1 Android device, but I'm guessing that DRM is easier to get running on a 2.3 device hence Netflix working on those phones specifically. One's that can run 2.3 and upgrade to it. Anything that can't upgrade to 2.2 and run without issues wouldn't be worth their time.

Seriously though, if your phone can't run something it just doesn't show up in the Market, simple enough.

Your point about backward compatibility makes no damn sense, backward compatibility just means that older things will run on a newer system, not newer programs running on an older system...that itself is a serious task to deal with as some pre 2.2 phones might not have the throughput to support streaming of netflix anyway.

13. AeroSC (unregistered) posted on 13 May 2011, 07:49 0 0

It works on my original Droid running the Simply Stunning 5.3 ROM. The resolution is not great over 3G, but I'm sure it'll get better on Wi-Fi.

14. cellgeek82 posted on 13 May 2011, 08:26 1 0

Android has finally caught up to the times.

15. InspectorGadget80 posted on 13 May 2011, 10:41 0 0

So my Atrix doesn't get the Netflix APP. just got screwed thanks again Motorola the Atrix will be my last phone if it doesn't get the Netflix APP.

16. seanbuck83 posted on 13 May 2011, 12:02 0 0

I've got it working on my captivate running gingerbread! looks pretty good over 3g

17. Rozzle Wazzle (unregistered) posted on 13 May 2011, 13:15 0 0

Works great DROID 1 running Cyanogen 7.

19. remixfa posted on 14 May 2011, 10:24 0 0

confirmed running on my VIBRANT. :) It just needs a 2.3 rom. Im using simply honey 3.2update1

20. StillStuckWithDroid (unregistered) posted on 15 May 2011, 10:12 0 0

running on my OGD running Peter Alfonso's gingerbread ROM

runs great and resolution is not bad at all....very watchable

22. gunner252 (unregistered) posted on 18 May 2011, 16:15 0 0

Says it's not compatible with my Droid X. What?

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