Google releases new YouTube mobile site, works on Windows Mobile
Posted by Fred on January 24, 2008
Google has released an updated version of the mobile YouTube site, which now allows you to view any video on the main YouTube portal, instead of just the videos selected by Google. You can search for videos or even upload videos if you have a profile set up on the mobile page. It streams to just about any device capable of handling multimedia, using the device’s default application, which means it finally works properly in Windows Mobile (at least for me). A brief screenshot tour:
The main screen, as seen in Opera Mobile on a Motorola Q9h. The main page lists some recently featured videos and a search box.
Scroll down a little further for additional options. You can browse by Most Viewed, Top Rated, Videos or Categories. there’s also a second search box, which is handy because it means you don’t have to scroll back up.
Here’s what you get when you search for a video. Your usual basic stuff here, including a screen capture, running time, uploader, etc. Click on the image or “Watch Video” link…
The site launches the default media player and streams the video. The old version tried to do this, too, but it just resulted in an error message on my WM6 devices. Workarounds sprung up, but now it just works. Video quality seems pretty good. The audio is surprisingly loud.
It’s nice to get all the videos in the YouTube library, but I’m really happy to see that it Just Works on Windows Mobile. Too often lately, Google seems to be optimizing for the iPhone and telling WM users to pound sand.
[via the New York Times]
January 25, 2008 at 7:46 am
Its really cool.. I tried it on my mobile :) hmm but stopped soon after that worried about charges coz its heavy usage ;)
January 26, 2008 at 3:16 am
Doesn’t work with Windows Mobile 2003 (No players with RTSP support) and might not work with WM5.