Netflix streaming, ABC, and 1,348 more iPad approved apps revealed
By Thomas Ricker 
posted April 1st 2010 3:15AM
posted April 1st 2010 3:15AM
There's also a free ABC app tipped for April 3rd giving iPad owners WiFi access to full episodes of shows like Lost and Grey's Anatomy. And with CBS seemingly getting into the HTML5 game we suspect that the demand for Hulu in the US will dampen if all this comes to fruition -- especially if Hulu adopts a subscription model. Not enough? Then check out the 1,350 (and counting) approved iPad apps in the source link below or preview 700 of them in a video after the break where you'll also catch a few more Netflix and ABC screenies. We'll have to wait until Saturday to see how many of these actually appear in the iTunes App Store.
Update: Looks like these apps are coming straight from Apple's app database since AppShopper is also showing Netflix and ABC Player iPad apps. Don't believe it? Then why not grab some screenshots of your own direct from Apple's servers. This is legit folks.
[Thanks, Sean M.]
April Fools!
@Devin WHAT NOOOO KINDLE APP
@Devin Yeah! The funniest part is that none of those 1300 apps, were fart apps. It must be Fake!... /sarcasm
Nice April fools!
@bradlay Not April Fools unless Apple is in on it.
See link to netflix app screenshot from Apple. And all of the screenshots in this directory are sourced from phobos.apple.com
http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r30/Purple/01/3b/33/mzl.nrupzgky.480x480-75.jpg
@palex481
How does that image prove that apple is in on it? All it proves is that they linked a picture of a video playing. Has nothing to do netflix.
@bradlay .. because that image is hosted on an Apple server. In order to put something on the Apple server you need to upload it through an Apple website.
Really not that hard to understand.
Very nice April Fool's Joke.
Yay!
Sadly this will be what happens with the iPad...
Actually, I would consider this an April Fools joke on Adobe. Although, they might not be laughing too hard...
@WP7S Yeah, tell me how that works out for you in, what is it? September. Meanwhile, I will be watching Netflix on my iPad.
I also tiped them the first review like 5 hours ago. I bet they're going to wait and have a mega-post about everything soon.
@Franks Beef macrumors ftw?
The more I see the iPad the more impressed I am getting
@Squid7085
Apple even set up the aspect ratio such that you can watch movies in the netflix application with black bars to save battery life!
Couple more screenshots of netflix app. Definitely legit.
http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r30/Purple/e1/67/f1/mzl.tnjoyecq.480x480-75.jpg
http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r30/Purple/ab/a4/03/mzl.qqfvbwoa.480x480-75.jpg
Hopefully the whole iPad thing is an April Fools joke.
Good one Apple! Now where is that Courier MS?
Can all the naysayers that said the iPad is worthless now stfu?
@barkerja
Don't worry, the negative nancies will find another thing to bitch and moan about. Thank god there is the whole "no multitasking and flash" to generate fake outrage and anger amongst the malcontent for months to come.
Just like with the iPod and then the iPhone the list of things to complain about will progressively get smaller and the arguments will be reduced to the all-familiar "I HATE IT. IT'S TOO TRENDY!!1"
@(Unverified) All while they secretly envy it or even own one themselves. ;)
@(Unverified)
They'll pull the entire, "Conformity is bad" then you can always counter with "You're just conforming with the rest of the iPad Haters" :D
@barkerja
what's so great about this ?
HTML 5 is part of Windows 7 you know since you can actually CHOOSE YOUR FUCKING web browser.
Just... you know it can read 720p and 1080p too...
it has dx11.
flash.
runs C/C++natively
Python
Java
ruby
well shall I make a full list of the features of Win7 or ?
@barkerja
yeah. because it was impossible to watch Netflix & ABC Videos before the iPad
/sarcasm
@Flix C
Windows 7 does not mean it has/does not have these features. Win7 is CAPABLE of these things, yes, but the underlying HARDWARE, DRIVERS, and APPLICATIONS limit the OS functionality.
For example, no netbook under $650 that I can find online can play back H.264 video at native resolution (let alone 720p/1080p). Not even Core2 Duo machine with Intel GMA-HD chipsets can do 1080p natively, they only do 720p and 1080i. Most netbooks can't even do fullscreen flash, out of the box, before you start adding background apps, helpers, security software, and other performance sapping subprograms.
@barkerja
It's not about the device(s). It's not even about the company per se. It's about the closed and controlled content and software distribution model. You tell me I can put anything I want onto the device without it being vetted by Apple or pumped through the bloatware that is iTunes and I'd be right in line behind you (if I needed such a device).
Jailbreak it you say? Why should I have to? Why should I have to void warranty and support just to put my own preferred content and software onto it?
Streaming ABC shows through a dedicated app. Genius. That's what I call raising the bar. Netflix too? Holy crap. I mean, what other device can possibly do this?
Apple once again sets the bar high with marketing and hype. Here we have basic capabilities for any $500+ tablet/notebook/netbook. When you can stream LOST through a Windows 7 notebook nobody cares. But when you release an ABC.com iPad App that can stream LOST well that deserves it's own post. Same goes with Netflix. Who hasn't been watching instantly on their notebook for years now. All of a sudden the iPad gets an app for it and the "magical" device scores another big win. It's a must have device.
@bjsguess Come on. Apple invented Netflix video streaming now.
@bjsguess
All magical devices have 100x mojo on engadget
@bjsguess
Bitter much? Get over it!
@bjsguess
I'm irritated by Apple's marketing as much as the next guy, but this is news because there's been so much speculation about whether or not the iPad would be able to handle streaming from sites such as Netflix and Hulu.
On a side note, I owned two Netbooks and they sucked for streaming video (though to be fair newer models may do better). More to the point, though I could do a lot with them, they were sluggish and I really disliked the tiny trackpads (I had even chosen an Asus 1000 for its larger-then-most trackpad, but it was still an underwhelming experience).
To each his own, but I actually look forward to trying the upcoming tablets, including the iPad.
@bjsguess
Because iPad is brand by Apple which have good quality and fashion design.
Beside with 499$ price tag you can't find competitive product in the market with same IPS screen and battery life. No even mention the batter software user experience.
Don't tell me the crappy netbook can give me same user experience.
The apple hater should just shut-up, no body care how cheap netbook is. Function spec doesn't mean anything if you provide poor quality and user experience
@bjsguess No, it's mostly because a few months ago there was a bullet list of things the iPad could not do, and Netflix was a pretty big one. We are really just trying to get you Anti-Apple fanboy fanboys to shut up.
@bjsguess I don’t care nearly as much about what it can do as how much I enjoy doing things with it. I can’t say too much having never used an iPad, but from all accounts, the experience of using this beats any netbook into the ground.
@bjsguess
"But when you release an ABC.com iPad App that can stream LOST well that deserves it's own post. Same goes with Netflix. Who hasn't been watching instantly on their notebook for years now."
When the PC, Mac, Firefox, PS3, Wii, Roku, Xbox360, certain blu-ray players, Windows Media Center (etc.) got watch instantly...they all got their own post.
@bjsguess
anyone who owns a netbook - I own a Sony vaio x with easily the best specs in the market today and streaming sucks. It's total BS that netbooks can handle hulu and netflix streaming. They can't. Not watchable!
As for black bars, most movies are shot in 2:35:1 aspect ratio or so, no computer monitor or netbook has that ratio so anything in original aspect ratio will have bars.
Are Apple haters mostly idiots? I am inclined to think do.....
@deslock wrote:
> I had even chosen an Asus 1000 for its larger-then-most
> trackpad, but it was still an underwhelming experience
I shouldn't post when I have insomnia. That should be larger-than-most, not larger-then-most.
@zetman Dude...$499 doesn't really mean anything. That's 16gigs. For a device that's primarily for media consumption, that's pretty damn low. Ofcourse, you can get 64gigs, but that's $699. All the comparisons with netbooks by fanboys and anti don't really make sense. The iPad isn't really for content creation. Netbooks provide you with productivity suites that help people be somewhat productive on the go. The iPad isn't meant for that and come to think of it, it's quite difficult to do that on such a device. I don't see office suites working on this. Having it as an option is alright....but there's no way I'm creating docs, presentations on this using my fingers. It'd be absurd. Youngsters, geeks, gadget lovers will get this device and enjoy it too. I will enjoy it too. But please stop the netbook hater, ipad lover or vice versa trend. They're in different categories and no matter what Jobs thinks about netbooks, they're gonna stay. The iPad can never replace the netbook and the netbook can't kill off the iPad. They're gonna coexist. What I can see happening is that the iPad killing off competition tablets with full blown desktop OSes loaded on em. That's not gonna work. That's why the courier makes things real interesting...
@bjsguess
Seriously, this is getting ridiculous and out of hand.
I mean now every freaking website and web service is releasing their own native app to do what a web browser should be able to do. This is the new rush for a piece of your mobile device's real estate. (It used to be the rush for a piece of your desktop real estate.)
@stealthcrawler29 Kinda funny, in an article about streaming capabilities coming to the iPad, you're complaining that 16 gb isn't enough space... If your primary video watching comes from streaming, 16gb could be enough , really. With a 3rd party app, you could stream from your own media library at home as well.
@WP7S Gotta love envy! Love watching the ipad haters short circuit.
April fools day is a perfect time to release real information, have everyone doubting if its real or not
Though that would be a pretty cruel (and therefore awesome) April Fools joke, the screenshots/icons from Apple's servers make it seem legit.
@Franks Beef
Engadget doesn't do megaposts. They like to make tons of similar articles, and then days later, make a giant compilation post, and link to said articles
@WP7S ... according to Wikipedia and ASTC the IPAD IS HD.
I'm a little reluctant to believe this considering today is April 1st, but a Netflix app would cement my decision to buy an ipad. I wouldn't get excited yet, though.
AND I JIZZ IN MY PANTS.
this better not be a April fools joke :(
@mtnDewFTW You put the image of the Music Video in my head with your quote.
" AND I JIZZ IN MY PANTS" lol Funny as hell.
What about Flash??
@High Netflix uses Silverlight, actually.
My apps "Flickr Clock Photoframe" (0:02) and "FailClock for iPad" (0:21) are featured in the video. They are also marked in iTunesConnect as "Ready for Sale":
http://breakingart.com/blog/2010/04/01/ipad-apps-now-ready-for-sale/
Looks like the video is a genuine list of approved titles.
If Hulu goes for subscription they could actually gain an international audience.