The long awaited official app solution for watching iPlayer on Android has arrived, with the BBC uploading its promised BBC iPlayer app to the Android Market today. It’s well integrated with Android’s sharing menu and works like a dream through wi-fi, although it’s very similar to the web app in terms of functionality.
We can’t complain at this early, preliminary stage of opinion-forming, though. Here it is:
It’s not showing up on the web-based Android Market as yet, but is available for us as a download in the UK via our phones. You’ll need to be running Android 2.2 in order to see it, of course. Thanks to very alert reader Chris for the tip. We’ll take a few more grabs and do a review later. Maybe.
UPDATE:
Android Market link here.
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?
Bry
/ February 10, 2011Can’t see it in the market yet at all…
(and the web based market seems to be down)
Will keep trying…
Oli
/ February 10, 2011Are you using Chrone to access the web market by any chance. If so you need to check “Use S2.0
Oli
/ February 10, 2011Sorry press enter by mistake lol
You need to check that “Use SSL 2.0″ is unticked in Chrome options
Bry
/ February 10, 2011Thanks – got it working now.
But remembered my HTC Legend isn’t powerful enough to run Flash Player, so I can’t install this…
Tim Cooper
/ February 10, 2011Installed on my Tab. Like it. Video Quality option a nice touch. But am i just not seeing the download option?
Bristolboy
/ February 10, 2011I believe there will be no download option unfortunately :(. Would have been good for the tube and commuting generally.
dans
/ February 10, 2011If you use the mobile version in the browser, once youve loaded up the page on wifi, say at home or at a hotspot, you can switch to 3G and it will play fine.
I load up the radio shows i want in new tabs and then your good to go for your journey.
MarkG
/ February 10, 2011You need to be running Android 2.2 AND capable of running Flash 10.1 I believe.
mrchaz
/ February 10, 2011Seems to have a bir of trouble with the hq stream but works really well and looks great on my vega
joe
/ February 10, 2011… there is no download option. How I miss myplayer before it wad nobbled.
Oli
/ February 10, 2011It is stupid how it is WiFi Only, if i’m using WiFi, i’m at home using my laptop or TV for iPlayer
Gary C
/ February 10, 2011I can kind of understand wi-fi only for quality control issues and to protect people from massive data charges, but what I don’t get is why you can only listen to the radio when the screen is on. That’s madness.
Bry
/ February 10, 2011Seriously??
That’s just plain stupid!
dans
/ February 10, 2011What a piece of junk, no 3g, no background streaming, favourites is broken and it doesnt understand the back command correctly.
ranveer
/ February 10, 2011can some one post the apk. I am unable to download..