Comments on: BBC iPlayer comes to the Apple iPhone http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/bbc_iplayer_comes_to_the_apple_iphone.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:14:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Annoymous http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/bbc_iplayer_comes_to_the_apple_iphone.html/comment-page-1#comment-219342 Annoymous Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:45:27 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/03/bbc_iplayer_comes_to_the_apple_iphone.html#comment-219342 The Apple iPhone isn't a 3G device, and hence (unfortunately) the iPlayer isn't really a truly mobile platform. Yet The Apple iPhone isn’t a 3G device, and hence (unfortunately) the iPlayer isn’t really a truly mobile platform. Yet

]]> By: Terence Eden http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/bbc_iplayer_comes_to_the_apple_iphone.html/comment-page-1#comment-219308 Terence Eden Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:31:01 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/03/bbc_iplayer_comes_to_the_apple_iphone.html#comment-219308 Excellent technical article from the BBC's Bloggers - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/03/bbc_iplayer_on_iphone_behind_t.html Excellent technical article from the BBC’s Bloggers – http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/03/bbc_iplayer_on_iphone_behind_t.html

]]> By: Terence Eden http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/bbc_iplayer_comes_to_the_apple_iphone.html/comment-page-1#comment-219306 Terence Eden Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:29:26 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/03/bbc_iplayer_comes_to_the_apple_iphone.html#comment-219306 TV quality over EDGE is just about acceptable. But it does require consistently good signal strength. Far better to use 3G and fall back to EDGE if coverage dips. I can see why they've gone with WiFi, though - higher speeds = higher quality. What interests me is how they're streaming it. They can't use Flash because the iPhone doesn't have that. I guess it has 3gp streaming - if so, does that mean that any phone can access the streams? TV quality over EDGE is just about acceptable. But it does require consistently good signal strength. Far better to use 3G and fall back to EDGE if coverage dips. I can see why they’ve gone with WiFi, though – higher speeds = higher quality.

What interests me is how they’re streaming it. They can’t use Flash because the iPhone doesn’t have that. I guess it has 3gp streaming – if so, does that mean that any phone can access the streams?

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