Hulu Plus

[General Tso]

So I saw that Hulu is now on android, of course not for the Thunderbolt. I'm just so frustrated with this phone. No netflix, no hulu, no my Verizon, no vzw tones. I gave my son my Droid X to get this POS. What gives? Why have a phone with great specs if you can't use them. I'm beginning to wonder if the Thunderbolt was a good choice.



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[jnl813]

As exciting as this is, its also a bad thing for Android. Not having it on no more than 6 devices ...wow. Andy Rubin if you're reading this ..change this TODAY. Your baby is killing itself you let too many people pick it up and now you can't keep up with it. Android needs to learn from this and it doesn't look like it is. People will switch due to this, heck I would if I didn't have a Nexus! But its just not right.



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[tcapote]

As exciting as this is, its also a bad thing for Android. Not having it on no more than 6 devices ...wow. Andy Rubin if you're reading this ..change this TODAY. Your baby is killing itself you let too many people pick it up and now you can't keep up with it. Android needs to learn from this and it doesn't look like it is. People will switch due to this, heck I would if I didn't have a Nexus! But its just not right.

Totally agree, I am in that camp......powerful 4G phone, no Netflix, No Skype, No MyVerizon, No Hulu.....hmmm, why did I choose this phone? Stupid me, at full price too!

 

[nat72sherman]

I dont know how I manage purchasing this phone without these forums. There is skype and myverizon, leaked versions I found on these forums.

 

[General Tso]

I don't want leaked/hacked versions. I bought the best phone they had, I want all the bells and whistles.

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[bulldogmoe7]

i have to agree with you there. seems like it gets promoted for about a month and the new one that gets put out (charge) and this is basically thrown away and forgotten

 

[jstewart0131]

Totally agree, I am in that camp......powerful 4G phone, no Netflix, No Skype, No MyVerizon, No Hulu.....hmmm, why did I choose this phone? Stupid me, at full price too!

Which makes the TB the perfect 4g phone for tiered data services. "Thunderbolt, the first 4g LTE phone that you can do nothing with"

 

[obidos]

can someone explain why services like Hulu, Netflix, and Skype do not work on the Tbolt?

is it the build of the phone? software? hardware?

seems really bizarre that VZW's supposed "4G flagship" cannot do this.

 

[EricWiz]

You know, when netflix first came out and the Tbolt didnt get it I thought, "OK, no sweat it will have netflix in a couple weeks." Then, of course, that didnt happen. Now no hulu either and the issues with skype and myverizon and I am wondering myself.

I am officially caliing shenanigans! I did get this phone so that I play with it and unlock/root at some point. Same reason I bought the OG Droid on launch day. That does not mean I should have to root just to get apps I EXPECT to have.

This is not a piece of crap, low end phone. This is the flagship of the BIG RED V. How does this happen? I think Verizon should be pissed at this as much as we are.

 

[jstewart0131]

My personal thought is that Hulu, Skype, etc are waiting on the Gingerbread upgrade to release versions of their apps for the Thunderbolt. Maybe if the stars align and an extra special coronal mass ejection from the Sun will make Gingerbread the MR2 update on the 30th and we'll suddenly have the apps that were supposed to have on launch.

 

[EricWiz]

Makes me think I made a mistake going to HTC from Moto.

 

[Mike_is_Mike]

The Thunderbolt is a paper tiger. The only new thing it's going to get is the new tiered pricing.

HULU PLUS? For the Thunderbust it's HULU MINUS.

If the iPhone 5 is any good, I may bail on the TB this Christmas.

 

[Mike_is_Mike]

My personal thought is that Hulu, Skype, etc are waiting on the Gingerbread upgrade to release versions of their apps for the Thunderbolt. Maybe if the stars align and an extra special coronal mass ejection from the Sun will make Gingerbread the MR2 update on the 30th and we'll suddenly have the apps that were supposed to have on launch.

We don't even know for sure if there is a MR2 coming on the 30th - or if it will be Gingerbread.
This phone has a history of delays and disappointments. I'm not holding my breath.

I think Verizon would just as soon forget about the Thunderbolt.

 

[jstewart0131]

We don't even know for sure if there is a MR2 coming on the 30th - or if it will be Gingerbread.
This phone has a history of delays and disappointments. I'm not holding my breath.

I think Verizon would just as soon forget about the Thunderbolt.

I know that we don't know exactly what MR2 is going to be. I think my sarcasm font is broken.

 

[soccerfon711]

Definitely a little disappointed with the amount of support for this phone. The fact that the reboot problem STILL has not been fixed officially is kind of outrageous. If I hadn't installed the leaked MR2 update, I might chuck it as hard as I could back to Verizon headquarters.

 

[hmackenz]

If the iPhone 5 is any good, I may bail on the TB this Christmas.

Yeah I'm getting sick of this too, and might be tempted to do the same.

 

[anon(20681)]

I just moved over from a Droid X and I can tell you that they cry as much over there about the Droid X and Motorola as you guys are with the Thunderbolt and HTC. You will get everything you are asking for. Netflix was not available on the Droid X either when it first came out. Either was HBO Go. So chill people. You have a great phone which will only get better.

By the way go get a Slingbox and you will not care about any of these apps.

 

[obidos]

I'm pretty chill as I've really had very little issues so far....just curious on why these apps cannot work now with the Tbolt.

is it the phone itself or is it the app?

 

[jstewart0131]

Nothing wrong with the phone itself, just the apps haven't been developed fully yet. I still think that since HTC commited to Gingerbread by the end of the 2nd quarter, that most of the work has been done on the app developer side (hulu, netflix, hbogo, etc) have prepared the apps for gingerbread. How many of the phones out there that have netflix and hulu also have gingerbread?

 

[wgragg]

Blame Game

I have a different approach than most here who want to blame HTC, the developers of Hulu, Netflix, etc., I have a different approach than most. If blame is to be placed, it should be laid squarely at the feet of all the manufacturers equally and especially Google. Think about it. From a programming standpoint, Netflix is not developing for Android, they are developing for HTC's version of Android as well as Moto's, as well as Samsung's, as well as LG's, etc. Where in the IOS world, there is a unified, homogenous system, in the Android world, it has forked way too many times for these companies to keep up, or even to make it profitable.

So, instead of one Netflix that works across all Iphones, you have to create umpteen Netflix's that will work on each specific variation of Android for each specific variation of hardware. Add to that, we early adopters will always be relegated to waiting because all the other variations of Android phones will be worked on before ours is. It is like they have to re-invent the same wheel every time a new phone comes out! That takes an awful lot of time and resources.

The Android platforms open nature, while its biggest strength, is also its biggest weakness. Until Google reins all this in, I'm afraid it is the cross we will all have to bear.

Now Verizon not having a version of MyVZW for the TB is all their fault. They should not have released the phone without a working version, IMHO.