Nokia's YouTube features in action

We weren't exactly sure what sort of level of integration to expect from this YouTube and Nokia dealio, and now we've got some legit video proof that's simultaneously promising and disappointing. On the plus side, the YouTube videos seem to be easy access, and are accompanied by a nice collection of other RSS-subscribable vids, which makes content consumption much less of a chore than it can tend to be on phones. It's also nice to see that the YouTube channel being accessed seems to be for the most part a stream of YouTube's featured videos, so you can keep up with what all the cool kids are watching. Unfortunately, it looks like the selection stops there: no search or browsing capabilities to speak of. From the looks of things, you might be able to subscribe to other YouTube channels, but it seems that dreams of free-roaming mobile access to YouTube content will have to be put on hold for the time being. What we do know is that more partnerships are in the works, so hopefully YouTube will keep on trying out partners until somebody actually gets it right. The video is after the break.

[Via Ring Nokia]

[angelsvairwaves1 @ Feb 13th 2007 7:01PM]

yay youtube my life is complete

[angelsvairwaves1 @ Feb 13th 2007 7:02PM]

fdsae

[Macchar @ Feb 13th 2007 7:03PM]

Atleast its a start.

[Buck Jones III @ Feb 13th 2007 7:19PM]

That Nokia phone is dope. I had my hands on one at CES in vegas and was really into the multimedia features.

[Scirocco Six @ Feb 13th 2007 8:32PM]

If you want to subscribe to RSS video feeds via a phone you can do that today on most java multimedia phones using www.mywaves.com

[Matthew Jackson @ Feb 13th 2007 11:00PM]

Haven't found a way to watch you tube on my motorola Q (mindows mobile) yet :(
Anyone have a solution?!

[kerunt @ Feb 13th 2007 11:07PM]

Can somebody publish the same video but without the HORRENDOUS singing in the background?

[Kevin K @ Feb 13th 2007 11:27PM]

No search?

Quite pointless...

[CB @ Feb 14th 2007 4:03AM]

the thing that struck me the amount of clicks and menu twirling it took to get there, if Steve Jobs knows one thing it's that simplicity is EVERYTHING.

And don't say 'you can set a screen icon to get there' because most people have no idea how to or the inclination to even bother.

Nintendo should write the UI's on every consumer electronic device.

[Atanas Boev @ Feb 14th 2007 7:22AM]

And why is the red flashing light on the background?:)

[BelowSeaLevel @ Feb 14th 2007 9:08AM]

You can do this with http://www.tinytube.net on your mobile already.

[motiono @ Feb 19th 2007 3:33AM]

motiono.com seems to be much better than youtube, i think motiono has a brighter future than google and youtube.

[motiono @ Feb 19th 2007 3:36AM]

http://www.motiono.com/

[motiono @ Feb 19th 2007 3:37AM]

Motiono"

[ase @ Feb 20th 2007 10:25AM]

Does this device uses a technology similar to Apple iPhone to detect when the screen is in landscape/portrait mode and switch orientation automatically?