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A Digital Guide to BBC London - Mobile

Find out how to get BBC London on the move with our digital guide.

You can the latest BBC news for London on your mobile phone (WAP), portable computer with a wireless connection (WiFi) and if you have a PDA. You can also text BBC London from your mobile phone!

1. MOBILE PHONES - WAP (wireless application protocol)

Send your mobile videos & photos to BBC London!

Mobile phone photo

Take photos with your mobile

We welcome your mobile phone clips and pictures. If you have a photo or video clip of an interesting place, a news story, traffic chaos or any London scene then just e-mail your photo from your mobile phone to yourlondon@bbc.co.uk, alternatively just send it to;

 07921 648303

Note: For e-mailing clips you will have to have e-mail functionality set up on your phone - contact your mobile phone manufacturer or service provider for more details.

Local news on your phone

London News Stories

You can get BBC LONDON news and 94.9fm schedules on your mobile phone
If you have a mobile phone that is able to connect to the web all you have to do is go to this address for BBC content:

www.bbc.co.uk/mobile

You can access news, sport, travel, weather, tv listings and more. You can even see what is coming up on BBC London 94.9fm with the radio guide!

How to access BBC London news;

  • Connect to www.bbc.co.uk/mobile
  • Select BBC News
  • Select England
  • Select News Where I Live
  • Select London/South
  • Select London
  • Select the story you want

2. TEXT & E-MAIL BBC LONDON (SMS - short message service)

Send in your views to the radio show live on air!

Listening to Jono, Vanessa or a live football match and want to share your views and predictions? All you have to do is text your message to 07786 200 949 during the show you are listening to.

You can also phone the show on 0207 224 2000 or send in your views to yourlondon@bbc.co.uk

You can also stay in touch by receiving our BBC London newsletter and travel newsletter!

PDA

3. PDA's (Personal Digital Assistants) and handheld computers

You can access BBC web pages from portable devices. You can either download pages to your PDA using the synchronisation link, caching method (where you connect using your pc then transfer the content to your mobile device) or access web pages using a live wireless connection.

To download pages using the synchronise method you will need software that allows this. For example, you can use the software provided by AvantGo. You will need to sign up for a free account with AvantGo if you do not already have one.

BBC web pages are produced for PDA and includes sport, weather, listings and world, UK and local news.

How to access BBC news - London;

  • Connect to http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile
  • Select News (with or without images)
  • Select England from the drop down menu
  • Scroll down to London/South news headlines
  • Select the story you want

Depending on your device you can also e-mail, browse the web using WiFi and capture and send pictures.

last updated: 21/02/2008 at 13:57
created: 10/08/2005

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