Friday Apple Rumors: Netflix Now Available Through iTunes

by Adam Patterson | March 9, 2012 12:36 pm

daily apple rumors AAPL[1]Here are your Apple rumors[2] and AAPL news items for Friday:

Apple Deepens Netflix Ties: As Bloomberg reports, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL[3]) has just begun allowing Apple TV owners to sign up for Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX[4]) services through their iTunes account[5]. Apple has intensified promotion of Apple TV, and it seems intent on increasing the benefits of its streaming content — especially since the newest edition of Apple TV goes on sale next week[6]. Netflix also hopes to retain customers through integrating services with Web-based TV partners, and seems set on being an ally as Apple moves into the streaming content market.

iPad Sales Freeze Ordered: The latest entry in the ongoing iPad trademark battle[7], Taiwan’s Proview Electronics just issued a sales-freeze letter[8] to all iPad retailers in mainland China. As the Los Angeles Times reports, Proview’s halt order makes explicit claims that the LED manufacturer plans to bring legal action against iPad retailers — threatening litigation against outlets selling the trademark that Proview claims to rightfully own. Proview’s letter warns: “We will, without prior notice, take the most severe measures possible to hold the infringers responsible for any legal liability.”

New iPad First Ever Bluetooth 4.0-Enabled Tablet: As Slashgear reports, the third-generation iPad is the first ever tablet to be equipped with Bluetooth Smart 4.0[9]. Apple’s decision to equip its tablet with Ericsson‘s (NASDAQ:ERIC[10]) state-of-the-art wireless capability reduces power consumption and speeds data streaming — and points toward Apple’s ultimate goal of instilling its tablet with the functionality of a personal computer[11]. Apple’s tablet innovation may help secure the iPad’s vast market share against increasingly aggressive competition[12] from rivals Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN[13]) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG[14]).

Adam Patterson is Assistant Editor of InvestorPlace. As of this writing, he did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities[15]. For more from the company, check out our previous Apple Rumors[16] stories.

Endnotes:

  1. [Image]: https://investorplace.com/hot-topics/apple-rumors-stock-news/
  2. Apple rumors: https://investorplace.com/hot-topics/apple-rumors-stock-news/
  3. AAPL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AAPL
  4. NFLX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NFLX
  5. through their iTunes account: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-07/netflix-expands-apple-tv-alliance-with-itunes.html
  6. the newest edition of Apple TV goes on sale next week: https://investorplace.com/2012/03/thursday-apple-rumors-apple-targeted-by-justice-department/
  7. ongoing iPad trademark battle: https://investorplace.com/2012/03/thursday-apple-rumors-next-gen-macbooks-in-april-aapl-adbe/
  8. just issued a sales-freeze letter: http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-proview-calls-for-halt-of-ipad-sales-by-chinese-retailers-20120308,0,7702815.story
  9. first ever tablet to be equipped with Bluetooth Smart 4.0: http://www.slashgear.com/new-ipad-first-tablet-with-bluetooth-smart-4-0-08217525/
  10. ERIC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ERIC
  11. the functionality of a personal computer: https://investorplace.com/2012/03/tuesday-apple-rumors-ipad-replacing-pcs-aapl/
  12. increasingly aggressive competition: https://investorplace.com/2012/03/friday-apple-rumors-new-ipads-planned-aapl-ipad-3/
  13. AMZN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AMZN
  14. GOOG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GOOG
  15. securities: https://investorplace.com/investing-in-securities/
  16. Apple Rumors: https://investorplace.com/2012/02/hot-topics/apple-rumors-stock-news/

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