The Apple iPhone is to get dedicated applications from the BBC for its news, sports and iPlayer web channels.
The apps are aptly titled BBC News, BBC Sports Results and BBC iPlayer will be updated feeds of what is on offer on the web at the moment, but in an easier-to-use interface.
Eric Huggers, speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, said the applications would be accessible one-handed, proving their ease of use, and that they will comprise breaking news, big headlines and, most importantly, sports results. All this content will contain real-time data.
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There's no official word if the apps will work directly over 3G or if Wi-Fi will need to be enabled to use them to their full effect.
There's also good news for BlackBerry, Android and Palm users - Huggers has also said that the apps will become available on these handsets but no date was given.
The BBC News, BBC Sports Results and iPlayer app for the iPhone have a UK release date of April.
This article has been updated
Via BBC (Twitter)
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mjpower4
February 17th 2010
2. I use the iplayer downloader app from po-ru and this will download anything from bbc iplayer then just move it onto my iphone or blackberry.
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tech89
February 17th 2010
1. You can use iplayer on iphone easily one handed.
visit iplayer once on safari and save link to home screen.
The only problem I have with iplayer on the iphone is that it does not have all the content that is available on the iplayer on pc. Which annoyed me a bit.
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