Netflix has many subscribers to their movie and television rental platform. Netflix is can also be streamed through many devices including Blu ray disc players, gaming consoles, televisions and now, your Android powered device. Netflix has released a free app for Android phones that allows users to stream movies and television shows anywhere as long they have a 3G or 4G connection.

A stream only subscription is only $7.99 a month and if you can essentially take the subscription anywhere with your Android phone, it’s well worth it. As of right now, the app that was launched is only compatible with a few phones and those include; HTC Incredible, HTC Nexus One, HTC G2, Samsung Nexus S and the HTC EVO 4G, all of which should be running 2.2 or higher.

You should not expect to have access to Netflix’s entire catalog with this app though. Even though the selection is fairly large, you will not find any award winners or new releases with the app, at least not right now.

In order to get the app all situated on your phone, all you need to do is download it from the Android Market, plug in your Netflix username and password and you are done. From there you can see the interface and the options you have available to you, Home, Search, Genres, and Queue. The popular “title you might be interested in” feature is right there on the home screen and suggests titles based on other titles you have added to your queue, or watched recently. The app will also coincide with what ratings you have on the Netflix.com website.

The search function is nice and actually will suggest titles as you type in the letters, so that saves time in finding what you are looking for. If you spell a movie title incorrectly, you are still shown the titles of movies that are close to what you typed.

Having a reliable Wi-Fi connection is important for the app to stream properly. The audio will play perfectly and the picture will be high quality. As soon as your connection drops, you will see the quality of sound and video reduced right away, much like you get if you were streaming Netflix on your television.

If you experience a crash while watching Netflix, it will capture the point at which you were watching and allow you to resume right there as soon as you can get the app going again. As popularity rises, so will the features and size of the catalog that is available through the Android app.

Since we all know that you are on Twitter just like everyone else, I thought I would put up a list of the 5 reasons to use the Twitter application known as, TweetDeck.  I have been a member of Twitter for about 2 years now and, at first, really didn’t understand the whole concept, but now that many have found ways to profit from the service, more and more apps are coming out to make the possibility of making money even more real.

Enter TweetDeck

TweetDeck is one of those applications.  Simplifying your Twitter driven lifestyle one update at a time.  Here are the 5 reason I think you should be using TweetDeck.

#1 More Accounts

Supports multiple accounts, including Facebook. With one simple click you can have all of your accounts updated right in front of you.

#2 Added Visibility

You can add columns for search terms, mentions of a member, or just your friends feed.  Keeping an eye on trends?  Add a search column within the application and it will update each time the search terms are used.  This will allow you to keep an eye on topics of interest and possibly give you the chance to add like mind users.

#3 Quiet in the Background

Runs on your desktop, in the background, and you can tweet or search without even logging into the Twitter.com site.

#4 Time Saver

Allows you to keep in touch with MORE people, much FASTER and more EFFICIENTLY.

#5 The Cost

It’s FREE for LIFE!

The reasons might be quite simple, but they are my top 5 reasons for using TweetDeck.  One drawback I did find was not downloading it much sooner in my Twitter career.  Do you have any tips to add to this list?  Please send them to @consumrtechblog or leave a comment below!