The Best of Both Phone, and Tablet
YouTube revamps mobile offering for Symbian and WinMo phones
The video sharing site's mobile app just got a whole lot faster, for non-iPhone users that is. The latest version is approximately 90 percent faster than the old one.
While not nearly as sexy as YouTube on the iPhone, Symbian and Windows Mobile users have reason to celebrate with a new version of the YouTube's mobile application (download and review). The company boasts that it's 90 percent faster than the previous version in terms of how quickly it starts up, pulls up search results, and when a video begins to play. It also detects what connection you're on and will serve up a quality that will stream in the fastest.
YouTube 2.2 plays videos in landscape and portrait modes on the Samsung Omnia.
In the demo video below, both the application and the selected video begin to play around a second after they're launched. That's a whole lot faster than the iPhone, especially the launch time, which should make clicking on YouTube links in e-mails and while browsing a less painful experience. While YouTube for Mobile is available globally, it's only localized for Australia, Ireland, N.Z., UK, and the US. Regardless, Nokia N95 owners should be pleased:
