Archive for the ‘iplayer’ tag

iPhone 3GS – the Apple tastes sweet

Posted at 10:26 by Antony Leather with 23 comments

Antony Leather
I blogged recently about the fact that while I hate Apple, I was considering acquiring the new iPhone 3GS. The reasons for this was that I wanted something a bit lighter and easier to use than my HTC TyTN II which sported Windows Mobile 6.1. Well, I’ve now owned a 3GS for just over a week and in short, it’s everything I wanted and more.

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Written on 6th July 2009
Tags apple, compass, gps, htc, iphone 3gs, iplayer, nokia, sat nav, tomtom

How to get BBC iPlayer in HD

Posted at 09:58 by Alex Watson with 18 comments

Alex Watson
The BBC recently released a big update to iPlayer, replacing the original, Windows only Download Manager with iPlayer Desktop. As it’s built on Adobe Air, it’s now compatible with Linux and Mac OS X as well as XP and Vista.

This new update also coincides with the introduction of 720p HD content. The easiest way to find HD content on iPlayer at the moment is to browse by channel, and go to the BBC HD channel.

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Written on 28th April 2009
Tags bbc, hd, iplayer
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