part 1 of this review of Nokia's new flagship, the N96, Steve Litchfield examined its performance, its pros and cons as a product. In part 2, here, he walks the reader through screenshots of the applications that back up the N96's unique selling points, from the new Video Centre to BBC iPlayer, noting a number of confusing points and inconsistencies on the way but still ending up with a positive impression. Part 3 will look at the N96's multimedia capabilities in detail.

"The BBC wouldn't be the BBC without a little bit of coddling, of course. Warnings are shown on screen and a dialog (actually a Web runtime form) has to be ticked and submitted before access to some programmes. A good idea, but when nearly every programme you want to watch has some sort of PG form, it does start to become something of a pain. Perhaps a daily cookie could be set, BBC?"

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