BBC launches official Android app

By on May 26, 2011 at 5:20 AM
mobile May 26, 2011

BBC announced the availability of its free mobile news application for Android on Wednesday. The application provides quick access to BBC’s top stories complete with pictures, videos, and the option to share stories on Facebook or via email. Other features include breaking news notifications, pre-cache viewing, background sync, and a compact widget for viewing headlines from your home screen. There’s even an option to stream live BBC News video content, provided you’re running a phone with Android 2.2 and Flash pre-installed. BBC News for Android is available for free in the Android Market now. Update: for now it’s only available to U.K. residents.

[Via Gizmodo]

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  • http://twitter.com/SParKlngCyaNide SparklingCyanide

    love BBC! – D

    • JL Jones

      2nd that!

  • http://www.ashleypearson.net Ashley Pearson

    Its about time they did this, considering the Sky one has been available for ages!

  • Evil-D

    I am running A Dinc on Verizon in the USA with CM7 on it.  The market says I can’t install it in the country I am in.  It doesnt’ tell me what country it thinks I am in.

    • http://www.droiddoes.com/ Norm

      LOL international fragmentation.

  • Fromfila

    BGR forgot to tell us its only for UK market at this time 

  • sad user

    This software cannot be installed in your devices country……
    bugger!
    vibrant/kansas

  • http://twitter.com/temporalshadows Jim Morris

    You should have specified: this is the BBC NEWS app, not something that lets us watch Dr Who. Because let’s face it, that’s really all that matters. :)

  • Anonymous

    Luv BBC and was overjoyed when I saw this post so I went to install it and received a message that this app is not available in my country, weird so I tried the web market and it won’t allow it to install on any of my devices Xoom, DroidX and I’m in NYC what’s up with that?

  • Dennis Davison

    I do not want to run Flash, so I guess I am left out in the cold.

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