Netflix on the iPad

I'm as excited as the next guy about having Netflix on an iPad. I saw my first iPad today and messed around with it, and - i dunno. It's pretty interesting. I think what it does is introduce a kind of advanced media websurfing that we "early adopters" (folks with high-powered laptops and always-on internet access) take for granted, but that a lot of Americans still don't fully experience. As Netflix subscriber numbers go up, start to think about how the audience of the product has grown from niche to mainstream. Instant watching is great and the service generally provides fantastic value. Putting it on the iPad further indoctrinates a broad market into getting movies streamed to them where ever they are.

I heard the announcement on April Fools Day and didn't think much of it. But quickly I heard it was true, and eventually started seeing articles like this: http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/netflix-application-coming-to-the-apple-ipad-01-04-2010/

Someone pointed out to me today that the screen being shown in the product launch is of the movie "2 Days in Paris" - which i rather enjoyed. The top review of the movie shown on the screen, oddly enough, is one I wrote; and there's my unfortunate little avatar up there... what a crack up.