Wow, now that's the kind of news I wanted to hear.

Apparently the N96 tuner doesn't work with freeview as it's DVB-H and freeview is DVB-T. So I guess it's nokia's attempt to sell the N96 over here when actually it's a waste of money as the 'killer' feature doesn't work.

Better off buying an N95.

I wish BBC should make the iplayer, mobile handset & handset manufacturer neutral , so it works on all hansets using a particular mobile operating system & recommended technical specifications. N96 is yet to be released in uk while Samsung Omnia & Innov8 i8510 8mp 16gb are already on sale. BBC should not use our licence to favour one manufacturer over the over.

...given that the N96 has a TV tuner... I don't know why they couldn't release one for the hordes of N95 owners out here, as far as I know, technology wise, the N96 doesn't really add much bar the tuner, and a stand on the back!

No, the beeb is not unbiased, and have no such policy currently, at least not the TV arm of the beeb.

I'd rather they released a plugin for vista media centre to allow me easier access to shows i've missed, rather than me faffing on with keyboard and mouse.