At the DEMO Fall event Tuesday, Fox Mobile-backed startup Bitbop unveiled its first Android application, designed to bring streaming, full-length TV shows from a variety of networks and production companies to smartphone users over 3G or Wi-Fi.
The new Android app is now available for the Motorola Droid, HTC Droid Incredible, HTC EVO 4G, Droid 2, Droid X and Nexus One handsets. A beta version for select BlackBerry handsets has also been out for a few months now.
Bitbop costs $9.99 per month, though there is a free trial that will let you watch up to three shows over seven days.
Looking at its list of shows, Bitbop’s offering is extremely similar to Hulu and Hulu Plus. Like Bitbop, Hulu Plus is also $9.99 per month. Fox has a stake in both companies.
The big difference, from what we can tell right now, is that Bitbop offers commercial-free content and the ability to download or stream shows, whereas Hulu Plus is streaming-only and has some advertisements for newer shows.
The other difference lies in content selection. Although there is some overlap in the types of shows that both products carry, there are some shows that aren’t on Hulu that are on Bitbop (namely a number of CBS or Viacom properties), although Hulu Plus has a much better and broader back catalog of episodes.
We’ll be providing our own hands-on Bitbop review later on. If you’re the owner of one of the compatible Android devices, give it a download and let us know what you think in the comments.
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