ABC Player for iPad Updated; Now Allows 3G Streaming

If you are one of the people who got their hands on a new iPad 3G and have already downloaded the ABC Player for iPad app, you may be pleasantly surprised to learn that the app has been updated to support video streaming over 3G. The improvements represents a substantial update that survived Apple's difficult-to-predict process.With ABC moving to the forefront of 3G video streaming so quickly, its a safe bet that this move will prompt others to do the same rather quickly.

If you still haven't experienced the ABC Player app, it is a free download that enables iPad owners to check out a variety of ABC television programming directly from their tablet. You can searc for particular episodes (and watch in an on-demand fashion), log a viewing history, and even come back to a show and pick up everything right where you stopped.

Of course, the update brings a smile to the faces of many iPad fanatics today, as ABC and a forthcoming slate of other multimedia powerhouses dabble with video streaming over 3G, more and more providers of digital content will help ensure that the iPad lives up to its potential and bestow upon users the variety of entertainment choices they expect to find on an iPad.