The BBC has given the mobile version of its web site a much needed overhaul. Gone is the austere minimalist design and in its place are some bright micro-graphics alongside a more modern layout. The addition of more images and a flashier design is no doubt due to the fact that the Beeb has clocked the fact that data costs aren’t such an issue these days what with unlimited tariffs becoming ever more the norm.
If you punch in www.bbc.co.uk to your smartphone’s browser, the mobile site is automatically served up but you can still access the old minimalist design by toggling it in ‘Preferences’ at the bottom of the home page. Now you have as good a reason as any to take a coffee break from whatever it is you are supposed to be doing to check it out, at least, that’s the excuse we are giving.
(Via all about symbian)
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Nice new website. NOT.
When attempting to access this new mobile BBC site using a Nokia 9300i with the default browser it causes a kernel exception.