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Re: Putting the boot into Auntie

Ram — Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:16 pm

Author: Ram

Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:16 pm

The reviews are back...

Re: Putting the boot into Auntie

nelz — Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:35 pm

Author: nelz

Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:35 pm

Freedom of speech is fine, it's freedom of development that is curtailed. Two decent 3rd party apps were blocked so the BBC could release this rubbish. The comments were right.

Re: Putting the boot into Auntie

Ram — Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:17 pm

Author: Ram

Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:17 pm

nelz wrote:

There were plenty when I looked last night. I tried it myself and was trmendously unwhelmed by it. As so many have said, what's the point of iPlayer on a mobile device that only works over WiFi?

Freedom of speech but only if we like it...

Re: Putting the boot into Auntie

nelz — Tue Feb 15, 2011 3:26 pm

Author: nelz

Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 3:26 pm

There were plenty when I looked last night. I tried it myself and was trmendously unwhelmed by it. As so many have said, what's the point of iPlayer on a mobile device that only works over WiFi?

Re: Putting the boot into Auntie

Ram — Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:23 pm

Author: Ram

Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:23 pm

AndyBaxman wrote:

The user responses on the Android market aren't exactly sparkling either:

https://market.android.com/details?id=bbc.iplayer.android
(read the reviews)

Uhmmm, what reviews

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Putting the boot into Auntie

AndyBaxman — Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:11 pm

Author: AndyBaxman

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:11 pm

After the BBC killed off two decent 3rd party Android iPlayer clients (BeebPlayer and MyPlayer), they have released their own effort.

It hasn't, exactly, met with widespread acclaim:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2011/02/bbc_iplayer_apps_coming_soon_t.html
(read the comments)

The user responses on the Android market aren't exactly sparkling either:

https://market.android.com/details?id=bbc.iplayer.android
(read the reviews)