People have been gossiping about the possible arrival of an official BBC iPlayer app for iPad for the last few days – a rumour which the BBC has just confirmed. And there’s good news for Android users, too, with the BBC saying there WILL be an iPlayer app for Android as well.
Here’s the BBC’s list of iPlayer app headline features:
Watch live TV and listen to radio (not previously widely available on mobile devices)
Access the BBC’s full catalogue of catch-up programmes; seven-days’ TV and radio on demand as well as series stacking (as you get on the web)
A simple and intuitive design with high picture quality and personalised favourites (making the most of the touch-screen UI, and a popular feature on the website)
For some bizarre reason, though, the BBC says the Android app requires “Android version 2.2″ with “Adobe Flash 10.1 Player installed ” – which is the same as the current situation with the iPlayer mobile site. Which makes us think the BBC Android iPlayer “app” will actually be more like a browser skin.
The BBC says it plans to have both iPad and Android apps in their relevant app stores by the end of the week. Read the full announcement over on the BBC Internet Blog.
It’s smooth to use, the 1080p display is sharp, clear and bright, the device is extremely light and thin and therefore very pocketable and portable — much more so than other 5-inch phones we’ve used. And yet… we’re a bit unimpressed by the overall package…
A relatively high-spec smartphone, with a 4.5″ display running at 480 x 854 resolution and powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, plus the Ascend G510 arrives running Android 4.1.1 — albeit potentially hindered by Huawei only sticking 512MB of RAM inside it..
The Panasonic Eluga marks the company’s return to the European mobile phone scene years after several years of absence, and it’s come back to us with a moderately high-spec Android model that features a rather stylish, slim case.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
Brian
/ February 8, 2011Cool
Though if on 3 you can watch/use BBCi Player through their tv portal..
Andy
/ February 8, 2011Can’t believe it has taken so long. I used to use the purpose built app on my Nokia, had a Desire the last 10 months and the mobile app (used as a bookmark) seems just as good. No doubt I’ve overlooked some extras.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/iplayer/
dans
/ February 9, 2011If it wont work on 3G (and it wont), Whats the point?
ps. it needs flash for the DRM.
dans
/ February 9, 2011pps. Any chance you could use the popular Disqus plugin? Hard to keep track otherwise.
Ta.
Gary C
/ February 9, 2011I’m not a great fan of Disqus. What is it you need? Notification of replies? Or additional emoticons?
Matt S
/ February 9, 2011No emoticons please. Pointless bloat
dans
/ February 9, 2011Notifications mainly i guess.