The BBC has released an all-new version of its iPlayer Android app, completely refreshing the mobile app’s layout and adding in a decent collection of new features. It now has an Android 4.0 style tabbed layout with the now standard pull down menu option, plus a much prettier radio section and will now work with Andriod 4.2 devices.
And YES the radio now works while the app is minimised and the screen is turned off, with a notification in the Android menu telling you what station you’re listening to…
…plus the BBC says it has has added a proper downloadable Favourites system, which will automatically download the next episode of a show to your phone for immediate watching, although… I couldn’t find a Favourites button in the app.
Nice picture quality too. It’s a big improvement. Get the updated Android iPlayer app on the Play Store here.
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.
The HTC One V is HTC’s third entry in its high-profile new HTC One range, offering a smaller 3.7″ display running on a single-core 1GHz processor. It is is very much the “affordable” option in HTC’s newest Android series, but…
The HTC One S is the piggy in the middle of HTC’s 2012 line-up, offering a 4.3″ AMOLED display inside a very slim and stylish aluminium chassis. The end result is a phone that’s very, very slim and stylish.
HTC’s new quad-core monster, the 4.7″ flagship for 2012 that introduces the Tegra 3 processor to mobile phones, updates HTC’s range to Android 4.0 and brings us the supposedly streamlined version 4.0 of HTC’s Sense user interface.
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?
tafkawac
/ December 14, 2012Yay!
I’m glad I did all that shouting yesterday now.
Auntie beeb listened!
Gary C
/ December 14, 2012Can you go BERSERK about how my Nexus 4 still hasn’t turned up?
tafkawac
/ December 14, 2012The downloadable favourites is iOS only at the moment. Coming soon apparently.
MikeG
/ December 14, 2012Nexus 10 .. reverts to loading web site : epic fail
Krystl
/ December 17, 2012I can’t find a favourites button/page either. That was the the best part of the last iplayer version! Any ideas if this will appear any time soon? Is it even possibe for this to appear without a new release?!?! It’s a damn shame it’s gone – totally ruined my iplayer experience =/