Looks like YouTube is following parent-company Google's increasingly awesome mobile optimization initiative, announcing an iPhone-friendly version of the dominant media site. According to their official blog: Just visit youtube.com from your mobile phone, and you'll be taken to a new website specially designed for your device. You can log into your account, view your favorites, and...
Dan Moren at Macworld quotes the figures: In a post on the YouTube blog product manager Dwipal Desai and community manager Mia Quagliarello say that the number of videos uploaded to the sharing site from mobile phones has jumped 400 percent a day since the iPhone 3GS’s release last Friday. As part of an overall 1700% increase year to date, you don't have to be Oliva Munn and Kevin...
iFun.de (via MacRumors) has posted up the above video of what's purported to be some of the first iPhone 3G S direct-to-YouTube uploads. How does it look to you?
Sure, we're still only a few days out from the launch, but at the speed of the interw00ts, that counts as recent history. Here's a bit of nostalgia for you: Armed with my Flip Mino in hand, I took this video while waiting in line at my local Apple Store. I was able to handle the iPhone 3G before launch, played some of the Caveman racing game and asked folks some general questions about...
You know what the iPhone popularized? Not just iCloning. Not just multi-touch. Not just visual voicemail. What I’m talking about is watching video on your mobile device. Youtube was integrated into the iPhone from the beginning and well, most other mobile users were jealous. But the iPhone has so much more video potential than just Youtube. As popular as Youtube is, there are other...
Fresh from the PR department, Apple just sent me a release proclaiming that YouTube Live will be available on Apple TV starting today, and later on the iPhone starting this Friday. Huzzah!!! Read the entire press release here. CUPERTINO, Calif., June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple(R) today announced that iPhone(TM) users will be able to enjoy YouTube's originally-created content...