I originally posted this article over at The N82 Blog, but this huge news is worthy to be posted here as well since it's such a popular application.

Over the past week or so fans of the popular Youtube applications Emtube and Mobitubia have experienced connection errors. I use Mobitubia and just started noticing this a few days ago, about a day after a commenter here brought it to my attention.

Apparently Youtube has changed up some of their server settings making these applications useless. The developer of Emtube has yet to update his application with the new settings, but fans of Mobitubia should be happy to hear an update is here.

The new version of Mobitubia will be v1.80 build 2 and according to the developer it will be the final public release. Lets hope that Youtube does change their server settings again.

If any Emtube fans have any knowledge a new version in the works, please leave your comments below.

The new version of Mobitubia is released today, so you can click here to get the latest and final public version.

Mobitubia Change Log: v1.80 build 2
- Change Font Style for 352x416 and 800x352 screen size
- Change Application's Icon
- Change Some Menu Icons
- Change Splash Screen
- Splash Screen has timer now
- Change whole Video Playing method
- Unicode characters supported for searching
- Language Support: Thai
- Send Saved Clip to another device via Bluetooth and IR
- Add "Sort by" feature in Search menu
- Fixed: Change for YouTube new system

I have mentioned numerous times that Mobitubia is my favorite application for Youtube, mainly because it works a lot better over an Edge connection for us users here in the States with a Nokia N82 or older Nseries phone. Click here to see my review of the Mobitubia freeware application if you haven't tried it out yet.

Thanks to Phoneboy, I just read some news over at Howard Forums about a new mobile browser for Symbian S60 devices that brings you a true desktop browser experience. Skyfire will use the same idea as Opera Mini, in which it a backend proxy server to process the website to work on your Nokia phone. It will feature full flash support for websites such as Youtube and Espn.com. The latest Nokia N95 8gb firmware update already gives browser flash support, but people still run into out of memory errors. Hopefully this new 3rd party browser can solve that problem. I think it's great that Nokia will have new competition with 3rd party web browsers, it will only push them to make the built-in one better. Best thing is this application will be FREE!

Even better is I'm hearing that this will work on older models such as the Nokia N73, but don't quote me on that. If that is the case, Skyfire can possibly become one of the most popular S60 applications.

The picture to the left is a screenshot of Skyfire Browser on a Nokia N95. I dropped a screenshot I found over the Nokia N95 8gb screen using Photoshop. I'm not sure that there is even an actual beta version being tested right now.




I actually found a video of Skyfire mobile browser being tested on a Windows Mobile device. See below...it looks absolutely amazing.


This application is slated to be released for S60 sometime this quarter. Click here for the original article at Phoneboy's blog.

I've mentioned Emtube before, and I think I've posted about it awhile back ago. The developer has made strides of improvements since the last time I tried it. After playing with the new version for about a week now, I can say that emTube is the best way to watch Youtube videos on your Nokia N95 or any S60 phone. Of course a 3g connection would be great, but I've been getting decent results with an Edge connection.

Here are the official features of emTube...

emTube is an application for Symbian S60 3rd edition phones that allows you to:

Search and browse videos on YouTube. Download selected videos onto your phone. Stream FlashVideo files directly from YouTube. Play local FlashVideo files. Other features: - Audio and position control during playback. - Normal and full screen (portrait and landscape mode) video playback. - Ability to use built in accelerometer to rotate video between portrait/landscape mode.

Here are a few screenshots of emTube running on my phone:



Some of my favorite features are real full screen mode, option to download video, and pre-load so you don't get buffering. And a reader in my previous thread about the new Youtube application reminded my that this application doesn't need to be signed. Great news for many S60 users.

emTube is freeware, but of course donations are encouraged. And this application is definitely worth a donation.

Click here to download the file directly or click here to check out the official emTube website.

I just caught this article over at IntoMobile.com. Youtube and Google have just released a java app for watching the full Youtube database on your S60 phone. I have a sample video posted below. I just tried out this new application, and my initial opinion is meh. Not bad, not great. I never like java apps because I think they are slow and lack functionality. But at least we have the option right?

This new application loads videos quickly, but they don't come in very clear. Also, you don't have the option to watch in full screen landscape mode which is a huge bummer. I guess this is a good start though, if only they can make a real .sis Symbian application. The interface is slick and I'm actually surprised by how good this java app functions. Right now it's only available for S60 and Sony phones.

I definitely prefer the EmTube application over this one. But the drawback to EmTube is it's unsigned. I guess if you really want a good Youtube experience on your Nokia handset, you'll learn how to sign applications.

Here is a sample video of how to install on a S60 phone:



Click here to download the application or go to Google's website and search for it on your phone.

Known Updates:

• Gallery & Search Is Faster.
• Lots of Bug Fixes, especially with 3rd party themes not working.
• Flash Lite 3 & Flash Is Supported While Browsing, including YouTube.
• New widgets for weather, battery life, & jokes of the day are included.

Click here to check out the video of full YouTube on the Nokia N95 8GB.

The Symbian-Guru.com has posted a video of full YouTube being played on a Nokia N95 8GB. This is with the latest firmware upgrade. I'll have more on this later since I'm heading out to work.

Check Out The Video by Symbian-Guru.com

I've been using m.vtap.com for awhile to watch Youtube videos on my Nokia N95 and N73. Basically you go to that web address on your mobile and it allows you to search youtube's video database and when you find the video you like, you can stream it with real player. It's pretty smooth on my Nokia N73 in the USA. Once in awhile I get clipping and buffering, but not too often. On the Nokia N95-3, you won't have any problems at all. Check out vtap.com from your computer and give it a test drive. From your Nokia Smartphone, go to m.vtap.com and start watching youtube from your phone.

Vtap also has a widget to embed into a website, you can check it out below:

Over at Nokia Guide, they posted directions with another way of watching Youtube videos on you Nseries device. Click here to head over to the Nokia Guide and check it out.