Reading the post by Anthony Rose on the availability of the BBC iPlayer for the iPhone it would be safe to assume that it will be made available for the Nokia N95 soon.
Anthony describes the basic concept behind the scenes which would allow the BBC iPlayer to be made available to various other platforms and devices. The solution would be to divide devices into two different categories; those that include a web browser and those that don't. Obviously the Nokia N95 would fall into the former category, which then would require to simply load the BBC iPlayer website and enjoy. Simple or is it?
Firstly the problem would be how to get the content onto the N95 and other N Series devices. The iPlayer works by streaming content using a flash player, which currently is supported only by the Nokia N95 8GB running on the latest firmware and the N Series Tablets from Nokia.
Loading up the player on any of the other devices would not give you access to the player nor the content. The simple solution would be to optimise the iPlayer and the content to stream in MP4, a video format supported by a majority of the devices.
So can we expect an optimised version of the BBC iPlayer for the N Series and streaming H.264 content soon? Why not? Seems like a very positive yes from Anthony Rose.
via Nokia Creative
BBC iPlayer Heading to N95 and NSeries Soon?
WLAN Hotspot Your S60 Device
A great little application has appeared today which lets you configure your S60 3rd Edition WiFi enabled handset as a WLAN hotspot.
By downloading and installing Joikuspotlight instantly turns your handset into a WiFi hotspot allowing other WiFi devices to connect and use the net access available.
The good news is that more than one device can connect at any one time.The list of supported devices include:
Nokia N95 (all models)
N93i
N82
N80
E90
E70
E61, E61i
E51
The application is freeware and available already signed! It doesn't get better than this, does it!?? Keep in mind it is in Beta stage still.
Opera Mobile 9.5 Video Demo
Opera have put up a video of the new Opera Mobile browser. The video shows the speed of the browser and how it compares to the Internet Explorer browser.
Opera Mobile gives you:
Opera Mobile 9.5 is for Smartphones only and will be available as a public Beta release soon for Windows Mobile, Symbian and Linux handsets.
• A true Web experience optimized for mobile phones
• The ability to offer Web applications right on the idle screen
• The full richness of Web 2.0 services using AJAX
• Blazing speed with Opera’s Presto rendering engine
• Accelerated time to market with Opera Widgets
• A proven product with focus on innovation, quality and user experience
Until then you can check out the video.
Skyfire Beta Reviewed by Brighthand
Ed Hardy of Brighthand has done a review of the very impressive "full" browser coming to Smartphones near you. Currently in Beta and only available for the US as I mentioned on Symbian in Motion, Ed has got his hands on it and given a nice quick review of it. Skyfire acts generally like the iPhone browser. When you open a site, what you see is it shrunk down to fit on your smartphone's display. You can then tap on the screen to zoom in on sections of the page. When I went to YouTube, what I saw was the full site, not a stripped down version. I selected a video and the page opened, and the video immediately began to play, with full motion and sound. The full article can be found here. For information on signing up for the Beta, head on over to my post on Symbian in Motion or the Skyfire website.
The outcome seems to be very positive, the browser is similar to the one found on the iPhone, but this one is aimed at Windows Mobile and Symbian handsets.
A quick excerpt from his review:
