Nokia’s N96 launch announcement the BBC has confirmed that it’ll soon offer a purpose-built iPlayer application to N96 users. The software will enable recent BBC TV and radio content to be streamed to the Nokia phone. Although iPlayer is already available as a streaming service to iPhone and iPod Touch users, the BBC said its Nokia N96 collaboration is the first time handset users will be able to download shows too.
Within the capacity of the deal, users will be able to download and stream their favorite BBC programs on their handsets via iPlayer service, which enables people to catch up on TV and radio programs broadcast over the past seven days.
The BBC’s iPlayer app for the N96 will be available to download for free from 1 October. It’s also expected to come pre-installed on other phones in future.
To access iPlayer from their N96 handsets, users will need an internet connection to download a program or radio show. Once saved on the phone, they will have a period of seven days to watch it before it is automatically wipes off from the phone’s memory.
Nokia’s N96 has a DVB-H TV tuner and supports most common video formats, including MPEG 4, WMV and Flash. Content can be stored on the phone’s 16GB of internal memory and watched back on the 2.8in display.
Since iPlayer is paid for by the license fee, it cannot be accessed outside the geographical boundaries of
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