BBC News app



Basically just a grid of pictures, scroll each section left and right for more pictures/articles, up and down for more sections. You can also watch streaming BBC News Channel live, which apparently works OK over WiFi.

So hardly an Earth shattering new experience but perhaps a nice way to consume news on a small screen device. Could easily be done for the N900 too, assuming the will was there (which it probably isn't).

Although to me the launch of this application isn't so much about the experience it provides, but the fact that once again an organisation such as the BBC are getting behind and supporting the competition while completely ignoring Nokia.

In the UK, the BBC are huge and their web site (for news and sport in particular) is massively popular, and this application (effectively an endorsement of the iDevice platform, and to a lesser extent Android with promises of support later in the year) will be welcomed by many, and Nokia owners must be left wondering "What about me?". Sh1t out of luck, as usual.