iPad Content Roundup pt. 2

Let me apologize in advance for our moderately heavy iPad coverage, but this is what’s popular and actually worth talking about in tech right now.

Apple’s iPad goes on sale this Saturday and details on which apps will be in the App Store at launch are starting to trickle in.

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According to App Advice, Netflix will have a fully functional streaming app and it’s going to be free. You can seamlessly pick up where you left off whether you’re on your computer or iPad. But is there one coming out for the iPhone?

The WSJ is reporting that CBS and ABC are converting shows to be viewable on the iPad. CBS will stream episodes of Survivor with ads through the Safari browser. ABC will have a dedicated iPad app come Saturday. No word on when Apple will put the kibosh on this.

(More on Techland: iPad Review Roundup )

Hulu is said to be ready to roll with an iPad app that would require a subscription, says the NYT.

(More on Techland: A Roundup of iPad Content Pricing)

There’s over 1350 iPad apps and they’ve just been leaked. Check out the video to see over 700 or click through to see the rest at App Advice.

And here’s a list of iPad ready Websites:

TIME
CNN
New York Times
Reuters
Vimeo
Major League Baseball
The White House
Virgin America
Sports Illustrated
People Magazine
TED
Flickr

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I love the iPad (I’m getting the 64GB 3G+WiFi and have no idea as to when it’s coming out). The more I think about this, the more worried I become: are we on the heels of ‘automatic rebill’ type subscriptions with this thing? For example, I like my NY Times, my LA Times, sometimes USA Today, my magazines, etc. On the iPhone these apps were free or a few bucks and that was the end of it.

I am worried about a possibility of each media site charging a ‘digital format’ subscription per magazine/paper which, if this will run us 20 bucks every six weeks/months, times each site, this could be a 200 dollar a month investment. Combine that with everyone’s favorite, trying to cancel an automatic rebilling (voicemail hell, no return email or phone call, no address to write to and finally having to contact your bank or credit card company to settle the issue). If this is the case then the device should be free. We will be spending a fortune just to look at the content on the screen.