Verizon's Viewdini for Android hunts streaming video on Comcast Xfinity, Hulu and Netflix, strains our 4G

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Verizon is clearly looking to make itself the front door for Internet video this year. Bolstering its tie-ins [with Color][3] and [Redbox][4], it's now kicking off Viewdini, a carrier-specific Android app that will help you find video across multiple services: along with Internet-only providers like Hulu Plus, mSpot and Netflix, it will sift through the online component of Comcast's [Xfinity][5] brand, taking a little bit more advantage of that [cross-sales deal][6] coming out of the proposed spectrum handover. Even Verizon's own [FiOS][7] video will be late to its own party, coming "soon." Viewdini will only be available for 4G LTE-equipped Android phones and tablets later this month, with "other operating systems" and services due in the future -- given the currently very short list of non-Android 4G devices, we have [a few ideas][8] as to where the app might go next. Either way, get ready to [collide with bandwidth caps][9] faster than usual if you love what Verizon plans to offer.

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[3]: http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/07/color-announces-verizon-partnership-preaches-the-dream-of-strea/
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