Nokia teams up with an unfaithful YouTube for Nseries vids
By Paul Miller 
posted Feb 12th 2007 2:47PM
posted Feb 12th 2007 2:47PM
It looks like YouTube Mobile is going to be busting free from its Vodafone-owned carrier exclusivity sooner rather than later. YouTube and Nokia are bragging about the addition of Nokia as a YouTube "global partner" today at 3GSM, with no mention of nasty carrier agreements in sight. All new Nokia Nseries phones will be able to access YouTube Mobile from the built-in web browser -- which with its Safari / WebKit roots probably isn't much of a stretch anyways -- along with being able to subscribe to YouTube video RSS feeds with the new Nokia Video Center, which is designed to manage sideloaded PC vids, internet video and RSS video subscriptions all in one place on multimedia phones such as the N95 and N93i. The press release claims that YouTube Mobile, with the newly added AVC video format for Nokia compatibility, is available now, so fire up that S60 phone of yours and let us know how it works.
So where can I get it? And will it work on my E70? I read the press release but it doesn't mention any specific stuff. Guess we'll have to wait some more...
Tried the current browser on my N73 with no luck. Looks like it's not out there yet, and from what I see in the press release it looks like it's going to possibly be a "new site" or something!?
"YouTube videos are accessible with Nokia Web Browser with Mini Map through the new YouTube mobile site to be launched shortly."
Yup, doesn't look like the various components are in place yet. Might also be a few Vodafone lawyers to fend off?
Steve http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/