Netflix has offered an Android app for a few months, but initially only a few specific devices were supported. Over time Netflix has added support for more and more phones and tablets, and as of today Netflix now officially supports all devices running Google Android 2.2 Froyo and Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

Of course, what I mean by all devices is all devices in the US or Canada. Those are the countries where Netflix is currently available.

Netflix subscribers can use the app to stream TV shows and movies over WiFi or 3G internet connections. You can also manage your Watch Instantly or DVD queue using the mobile app.

Currently the only tablets running Google Android 3.x Honeycomb that officially support Netflix are the Lenovo IdeaPad K1, and Lenovo ThinkPad tablet. Many users have reported it also works on the Asus Eee Pad Transformer once you install the Android 3.2 software update, and while you can’t download the app from the Android Market on other devices, you may still be able to get it to run.

via GottaBeMobile

EPIX is a cable channel and web portal with more than 3,000 streaming movies available to subscribers. Now the company is getting ready to expand its horizons with a series of apps for mobile phones, tablets, set-top-boxes, and internet connected TVs.

According to the press release, Google Android and BlackBerry Playbook apps are in the works, as well as versions for Samsung televisions and Blu-ray players and Roku set top boxes. A Google TV app is already available, and Engadget reports that EPIX has confirmed it’s working on an iOS version, but waiting for Apple’s approval.

All of the apps, with the exception of the iOS versions, should be available in the second quarter of 2011.

The one thing that’s always bugged me about EPIX is that you can only access the company’s online video offerings if you subscribe to the TV chanel through your cable, satellite or telephone provider — which can be difficult if your provider doesn’t yet offer EPIX.

Online video site Crackle.com offers full length TV shows and movies from Sony as well as web series and other online video content. The company has offered an Android app since last fall, but right now there’s no easy way to view content from Crackle.com using an iOS device.

That’s because Crackle uses Adobe Flash to stream video and there’s no mobile app for iOS… yet.

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Online video site Vimeo has launched a new iPhone app which lets you view Vimeo videos on the go… and also upload videos from your phone or use the built-in video editor to trim or combine clips, add titles, transitions, effects and audio.

The video editor is pretty easy to use, and you can either upload your finished project to Vimeo or export a project to your camera roll to upload to YouTube or another video site — so even if you’re not a Vimeo user you might want to check out the free app as an alternative to Apple’s $4.99 iMovie app for the iPhone.

The app also lets you manage videos you’ve uploaded to your Vimeo account, replace existing videos, edit titles, tags, or other information, and share videos with Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, WordPress, email, or SMS. You can view stats, and upload videos from your device to groups, channels or albums.

The app does have a few quirks. When I tried switching from the front to rear camera while shooting a video, for instance, it crashed.

Even if you have no interest in sharing your on videos via Vimeo, you can use the app to browse for videos uploaded by other users, view videos in your Inbox o Watch Later queue, or videos you’ve liked. One feature that’s noticeably absent? A search box. While you can browse for videos on the site, I don’t see any way to search for Vimeo videos using the iPhone app.

The Vimeo app supports the iPhone, 4th generation iPod touch, and iPad 2. It’s available as a free download from the App Store.

via Business Insider

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Netflix, Hulu, and other mainstream movie and TV services may not be ready to launch their Android apps just yet, but a startup called Zediva hopes to fill the void by letting you stream DVD rentals directly to any PC, Mac, or Android web browser supporting Adobe Flash.

The good news is that the service is easy to use, has a small but decent selection of current DVDs to choose from, and offers decent, if not spectacular video quality on my Google Nexus One with Adobe Flash Player 10.1. The bad news is that I’d be kind of surprised if Zediva manages to stay in business for long, because the company has the sort of business model that drives movie studios to file lawsuit. It’s also relatively difficult to scale. Here’s why:

Most online video streaming services have a digital copy of a video hanging out on a server so that it can stream to multiple users at once. Companies usually pay a movie studio some sort of licensing fee in order to offer this video. Zediva takes a different approach and has a bank of DVD players hooked up to the internet. The company goes and buys retail copies of DVDs, sticks them in the players, and when you click a button to rent a video, the DVD player will start up and begin streaming media to you across the internet.

You can play, pause, or rewind a video. You can view previews or skip past them. And you can access some special features such as language selection. You also have to put up with FBI warnings and long pauses between the time you hit a button on your screen and the moment your action is registered by the remote DVD player.

Zediva claims the business is legal thanks to the first sale doctrine, which basically says that once you buy a book, DVD, or other media you can resell it. That’s what keeps used game stores, video rental stores, and used book stores in business. But things get funny when you hook your DVD player up to the internet, and I’m not aware of any companies that have tried this kind of approach that didn’t manage to get sued into oblivion.

Even if Zediva does manage to stick around, the company’s going to need to buy an awful lot of DVD players if it expects to expand the service — since every time you rent a video, you’re tying up a DVD player for a few hours. Still, Zediva tells the folks at NewTeeVee that the company can turn around a video much more quickly than Redbox, since it doesn’t have to loan out a physical disc overnight. Once you’re done watching, the video is free for someone else to use.

Prices start at $1.99 for a single movie. Or you can buy 10 movie rental credits for $10.

Update: If you figured it was just a matter of time before the MPAA sued Zediva, it turns out you were right.

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Google has released an updated version of its YouTube Mobile application for Windows Mobile. YouTube Mobile 2.4 includes a number of new features including:

• Support for “my account” logins
• Suggested search terms (when you start entering a search query)
• UI designed for phones with higher resolution displays

The ability to login to your account is a biggie, since it means you can favorite a video in your desktop browser and instantly pull it up on your mobile phone.

Overall, the app makes it almost as easy to navigate YouTube on Windows Mobile as it is on the iPhone and Google Android phones. Almost.

You can download YouTube Mobile 2.4 by visiting m.youtube.com/app using a Windows Mobile or Nokia S60 phone.

You can find more pictures after the break.

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