Talk about late to the party. Trundling along some months after the release of emTube, YouTube Pocket and YTPLayer to name but three, YouTube have released a beta of the official mobile YouTube client.
YouTube for Mobile is a Java app that should in theory run on any half-decent handset. Despite this, YouTube claims it is only suitable for use with the Nokia N73, N95, E65, 6110 and 6120 and the SonyEricsson k800 and w880 phones. There is no indication that it is using any special features of these phone, so it’s a bit disappointing that YouTube are blocking downloads from non-blessed handsets (and from my perfectly legit N73, for some reason)
The app is decent enough, and will let you log in to the site using your usual id and leave comments, etc. but compared to something like emTube it does feel a little clunky.
Still, it’s early days and it’s good to see YouTube embracing mobile video, albeit a couple of weeks behind everyone else.
This has stopped working on N95 8 Gig phones with the latest firmware. YouTube needs to update it.