One of the holy grails for smartphones just now is the ability to play YouTube videos with a minimum of faff. Over the past few months things have been getting better on S60 with the release of competent third party apps such as YTPlayer and emTube.
But now users of the lurrvly Nokia N95 8GB need not bother with any extra installing or bookmarking as the most recent update for the device has ushered in full YouTube support. This means all you have to do is make sure you are running the most recent firmware, go online, point your browser at YouTube and search for videos from the full list just as you would if you were viewing the content on a PC – easy.
The heat is on for this to become a standard feature among more handsets, with the N95 leading the charge among the smartphone crowd, more will hopefully follow suit soon.
(Via The Boy Genius Report)
Sony Ericsson’s flagship ‘iPhone killer’ W960i isn’t appearing on these shores before Christmas.
With Apple’s iPhone and Nokia’s N95 8GB battling it out in the coming weeks, Sony Ericsson has taken the decision to delay the W960i’s launch until the new year.
According a Sony Ericsson marketing person, the phone will now be released in January due to the “crowded market” for phones before Christmas.
This is a shame as the device promised great things. While Sony Ericsson’s move seems like a sensible one when there’s so much competition, it is taking a chance that die-hard Sony Ericsson fans will be patient enough to sit out Christmas and resist the temptation to get an iPhone or Nokia N95 8GB.
The device certainly could be Sony Ericsson’s biggest Walkman phone yet. It boasts 8GB of on-board memory, a 2.6-inch touchscreen with the Symbian OS, a 3.2-megapixel camera, wi-fi and a new HBH-DS200 Bluetooth Stereo headset in the box.
Compared to the iPhone, it’s slightly shorter but thicker and is also lighter. The screen isn’t as good on the W960i, but it has a much better camera and 3G web browsing.
[Via Pocket Lint]
