What’s inside the new NFB iPhone App
So here’s what the NFB iPhone app can do:
*WATCH hundreds of NFB movies on your iPhone. Most of the films available on NFB.ca are encoded for the iPhone. Soon all of them will be available.
*WATCH LATER - We wanted to make an app that was useful even outside of wi-fi hotspots so you can load films to your iPhone for up to 24 hours of offline viewing.
*SEARCH – the NFB collection on your iPhone
*CHANNELS – Browse films by category and genre. (Classic Movies, Kids’ Cartoons, etc.)
*FAVOURITES – Bookmark your favourite films
*NEARBY - Watch movies that others in your area are watching
Download the NFB iPhone app here (iTunes link).
The reviews are already coming in through Twitter:
“Possibly the greatest iPhone app ever: NFB Films. Watch 1000s of National Film Board of Canada movies. Best part? FREE!”
@bryanhughes
Teacher, North Vancouver
“I have NEVER wanted an iPhone… until now!!!”
@b_goldberg, Brianna Goldberg, Toronto)
“This plus CBC app makes me love my iPhone way too much.”
@arenh
“WOW this is very cool!”
@Werebears (Jennifer Barret, Newfoundland)
“BEST NEW BATHROOM APP!!”
@safesolvent (Montreal)
What do you think? Are there any features you’d like us to add?
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I love this app however I download the film on my itouch (8gb) and it stalls and doesn’t complete the download.This is for a short 14 min. film. (Uncle Bob goes to the Hospital). There seems to e a problem with the buffering.
Any solutions? Is this a common problem?
Thanks
This is absolutely brilliant!
Does it include every NFB film ever produced? I’m trying to find an old one and I can’t seem to locate it. It’s this one:
http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=11438
Any idea if it’s in the collection?
I’ve just used it. It’s great. But I’m looking for the resources of the movie. Any idea ?
Hi,
Can I also download films to my iPod Nano? That would be super!
Thanks,
Christine Couture
Sherbrooke, Québec
Does the app work on a Blackberry Bold?
@Carolyn : Have you updated your iPod to the latest OS version?
@Eve : No. The films available on the app are the same ones as on the site. There are currently over 1,000 films on the site whereas the entire NFB catalog has over 13,000! We’re working real hard to get as many fils online as possible, but as you can imagine, we have a lot of work in front of us!
@Budi : Care to elaborate?
@Christine Couture : Sorry, The app only works for iPhone and iPhone touch.
@Don Wray : No. We’re currently looking into developing a similar app for Blackberry. Stay tuned!