Why can't Nokia N95 (and other NSeries) users watch iPlayer via Flash at the BBC website any more?

I suppose not all n95 users have v21 of the software, and so they won't all have the same software. iPlayer will probably therefore need some sort of RealPlayer-reliant feature. Just a shame no-one at the BBC is giving any sort of clue as to if/when this is being sorted out.
Please let us know!

iPhone effectively means a huge marketing opportunity for the BBC and other websites. You must understand the logic behind it, although I agree all the way that there are far more n95 users than iPhone users. The BBC should therefore concentrate a little more on them!

One thing I don't agree with though is the business of upgrading to v21, bearing in mind that not all networks even offer upgrades to the latest version, and most users either won't want to debrand their phone, scared that it may break, or won't have the technical knowledge to do so.

I don't see why the BBC can't overcome this though, and just allow users to choose which stream to receive or similar, as you say it used to work, until the BBC blocked access for some reason!

Hmm, according to Nokia site, latest version for N95 is 21.0.016 for O2 and Vodafone, T-Mobile is 20.0.015, and only 13.0.003 for Orange!

I'm sure most users won't have updated it though ("it's just a phone")!

I wouldn't mind so much that the BBC haven't released an N95 specific version, but that they brand the whole iPlayer as 'mobile', yet it's really only iPhone compatible, but worse than that, it used to work and they've *removed* the functionality! They only need to check their logs to see that N95 browsers have accessed the site.

Good news for N96 users:

"Users of the Nokia N96 are to be among the first with the ability to run the BBC's iPlayer on their mobile phones. From 1 October a purpose-built application will be available to download via the BBC website and will also be pre-loaded on some handsets."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology...

Shame it's still only restricted to a specific model though.

Oh great. You've developed iPlayer for a phone that nobody owns yet, and that costs over £530 off-contract. This doesn't address the original question.

The BBC has said it's creating a version of iPlayer for the N95. At what stage of development is this product? When can we expect to see it?

Or is the iPlayer more an exercise in marketing third-party commercial products than providing accessibility to license payers using extremely popular, existing technology?

I can feel a letter to The Grauniad coming on.

You know, to add more to this: Why the heck isn't BBC TV available over 3G anyway? You offered some channels via 3 UK (and some other providers) before recently withdrawing them. Why? Content delivered over 3G is far more accessible than targetting individual handsets; hell you don't even need a smartphone to view 3G TV.

I had assumed that an iPlayer for the N95 would work on other N-Series handsets too because they have the same operating system, but no, apparently you're only singling out the latest fashionable handsets sought after by executives at BBC HQ. A few months ago it was the iPhone, and quelle surprise, now it's the N96.

I can't tell you how much this move stinks Sheila Allen.

What the hell is the point of asking the BBC to do anything, when its solutions are designed to promote very specific third-party products?

Why wouldn't an N96 version work on the N95?

I've decided to stop following this issue. I'm feeling more ignored than satisfied, so I don't see the point. I've decided to write letters to The Guardian and The Times instead, questioning the poor accessibility of the iPlayer, and the BBC's tendency to develop for up-and-coming, must-have gadgets, instead of products already being used by license payers.

I have managed to install and get it working. But there are couple of things you need to do. This is explained in detail on my blog and feel free to check and gownload the widget and enjoy bbc iplayer on Nokia N95.

I have not tried this on other Nokia S60 phones yet but if you do let me know please.

Go to http://symbianmobilephones60.blogspot... and follwo the steps I have mentioned.

Cheers

I have managed to install and get it working. But there are couple of things you need to do. This is explained in detail on my blog and feel free to check and gownload the widget and enjoy bbc iplayer on Nokia N95.

I have not tried this on other Nokia S60 phones yet but if you do let me know please.

Go to http://symbianmobilephones60.blogspot... and follwo the steps I have mentioned.

Cheers

Yes you can get it installed and working (version 1.5 Beta) by following the instructions in the comments here: http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/i...

You need to download iPlayer.wgz from http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/iplayer/i... and just edit the .js file insde (comments at above site describe how to do it)

Not sure if Suresh has the iplayer.wgz set up for N95 but if he/she does then download it form their site and install without having to worry about editing any files!

Yeah, this has been around for a while now, the last version I downloaded didn't work, so had to install version 1.0 rather than 1.5 (I think)...