Youtube for Mobile beta
It’s been a long time coming and finally there is an Official Youtube application for your mobile. We are aware of many great Youtube applications created by 3rd Part developers, and some are probably better as they are native S60 applications but this one is Official so it deserves some recognition.
The one factor going for this is the fact you can login with your normal Youtube ID and have your favourites, uploads etc at your fingertips. You can also upload your own clips to your normal Youtube account. First glances at the application shows the interface is pretty slick and looks clean. There is also a handy help section for those unsure about the features and functions regarding Youtube and the application itself. Being a video streaming application you should be warned it will require a large amount of data being transferred, so a Wi-Fi or HSDPA connection with no data limits would be advisable.
Searching and viewing clips and their details is also pretty smooth, there is a nice side scrolling feature with information about the clip, ratings, popularity etc all shown as you navigate through.
The application is Java based and in theory should be available for most handsets that support Java but the site does state that it’s only available for Nokia’s N73, N95, E65, 6110, 6120 and SonyEricsson K800 and W880. Using my genius intuition I’d say any handset that supports Java and has a resolution of 240 x 320 should be good to go.
Just go ahead and give it a try.
Installing the application
- 1. Using your phone browser go to: m.youtube.com/app
- 2. Follow the instructions to download YouTube
- 3. Exit your phone browser
- 4. Find the YouTube icon on your phone and start watching videos
UPDATE: I see Youtube are using detection to only allow the officially supported models so you can’t download the Jar file from them, but I’ve taken it off my phone and you can (at your own risk) give it a go by downloading it from HERE!.
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Try setting your Wi-Fi connection as a default access point for your browser, that may help.
This is a beta and is pretty buggy.
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