Christopher Woods wrote:
So, I noticed with raised eyebrow that the Beeb is rolling out iPlayer on
the N96 handset.
(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/09/07/d
lbbc107.xml)
This is good news, because having unfettered unDRMed content at
comparatively high quality for just the iPhone platform (and locking all
other platforms out, mobile or otherwise) seemed mightily unfair.
Now, if the N96 is anything like the XpressMusic handsets (the ones being
used for Comes With Music), they support Windows Media with DRM. Windows
Mobile devices inherently support DRMed WMVs, and although I'd prefer MP4
content for my mobile device, I suppose DRMed content for my mobile is
better than nothing for the interim. So, when is the iPlayer's mobile
functionality slated to come to Windows Mobile devices?
This one's a question for Mr. Huggers or one of his team, I suppose...
... and what about the neo freerunner platform!
I imagine that the iplayer team are working on the windows mobile
platform though the DRM probably is an extra layer of bureaucracy
(including lawyers) and fiddling.
I hope the team will find a way to have a SVGA version of mp4 iplayer
for all mobile devices. That would be ideal i think.
Tim
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