Iphone to get BBC Iplayer

[Vic]

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"Anthony Rose, writing on the BBC internet blog, said: "We started with iPhone because it is the device most optimised for high quality video currently available."

What utter rubbish!!

[krakajak]

Originally Posted by Vic

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"Anthony Rose, writing on the BBC internet blog, said: "We started with iPhone because it is the device most optimised for high quality video currently available."

What utter rubbish!!

Course it is though mate, nice big touchscreen, wifi connection.. obviously you'd get a better viewing experience from that than the n95.

[NoNickers]

Originally Posted by krakajak

Course it is though mate, nice big touchscreen, wifi connection.. obviously you'd get a better viewing experience from that than the n95.

If the choice were just N95 and iPhone then fair enough. But it's not. A N800 or N810 would do a better job if Wi-Fi only. Not only that but you are restricted to only Wi-Fi for a reasonable connection with iPhone, when away from a hot-spot the iPhone video is severely compromised by lack of 3G.

So, the BBC has chosen a platform that is deployed in far fewer numbers on a single phone model, locked into a network (for the UK, the BBC home nation) that has a poor EDGE infrastructure and no access to 3G let alone 3.5G and prohibitively expensive to own. Hardly the optimal choice.

I would suggest that their choice of iPhone is because they don't yet have the infrastructure to support the bandwidth requirement if they had gone for a more popular platform. With a niche product like iPhone there is less risk of the service being unable to cope with demand.

[Steve_R]

Dont worry everyone. I'd say they have done the iPhone first to get some good publicity for thier iPlayer, as they know the media is all over the Jesus phone.

iPlayer for the N95 is coming soon though...... CLICKY HERE ....maybe.....