I’ve had a LOT of email from people asking me to try the Nokia N900 out with the BBC iPlayer. My expectations were high… but wait ’til you see the experience in the browser. It’s bad news.
I think we’ll need to hope the BBC release a stand-alone app for the N900 — that’ll work perfectly fine I’m sure.
Yesterday morning I sat down with Christian Lindholm, the Managing Partner of internationally renowned design house, Fjord. We filmed about 40 minutes worth of his super perspective on all things mobile.
Fjord are the people behind the absolutely beautiful BBC iPlayer Mobile service (amongst others). Christian has a rather unique viewpoint on the mobile industry on account of his relentless pursuit of ‘elegant simplicity’.
Here’s a quick screenshot of the iPlayer on the Nokia N96 and iPhone from the Fjord site:
I can’t put up the whole 40 minutes in one go as it’ll be too big to distribute, so instead, I’ve cut it into parts.
Part 1 — Mobile Applications and Mobile Developers.
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