Maybe the iPad is the new Apple TV.
Following yesterday's software update, Netflix's
Netflix streams into your television through a wide series of appliances. Netflix-ready hardware, which originally consisted of a Roku box, Microsoft's
Why should anyone care about a cabled iPad joining the crowded playing field? Well, it's all about iPad's growing popularity and its portability.
Apple has already sold more than a million of the devices, and they can be lugged around just about anywhere.
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Maybe the impact of this move won't hit home until Netflix rolls out its streaming app to the more ubiquitous iPhone and iPod touch. Still, I suspect Apple's about to sell a ton of accessory cables.
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