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You didn’t think Apple iTunes would steal all the thunder, did you? Android Market now supports movie rentals, many of which are just $1.99. Like iTunes, you have 30 days to watch a movie once you’ve rented it, and 24 hours to complete a movie once you’ve started playing it, which is fair and pretty standard these days. There are thousands of movies to choose from, according to Google, and it looks like the process of getting a movie is easy.
This will go great with the new movies application that Google has for the Motorola Xoom, arguably its best Android tablet. If you dig into the Android Market in Android 3.0 Honeycomb, you’ll find a new movies tab where you can download movies. On the bright side, you’ll also be able to download movies in the background, so you can still go on about your business while your film is being loaded up onto your device.
Stay tuned for more news from Google I/O throughout the day and let us know how you feel about this cool new feature for Android!
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Marc Flores
Marc has been a mobile fanatic for the better part of a decade and has had more devices pass through his hands than he would care to count. Originally from Los Angeles and briefly in San Francisco, Marc now lives in Brooklyn where, unlike Will Park, he longs for simpler times and simpler technology. All the while, he writes about gadgets and wireless technology as he tinkers, hacks and ultimately breaks most of his gadgets in the process. Marc has written about the mobile industry for Boy Genius Report, MobileCrunch, Laptop Magazine and has had his work appear in the Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, CrunchGear and more.
