New Mobile YouTube Application - No Love For BlackBerry
Google has just released a new mobile JAVA application for YouTube that sadly does not support BlackBerry devices. This is a step forward since most previous devices needed a native YouTube application. So this may be a sign that one for BlackBerry will be coming soon. I guess the underlying issue is that the mobile YouTube mobile website requires a phone that is able to stream 3GP files over RTSP. Which the BlackBerry cannot.
According to GoogleSystem the application currently is only available for the Sony Ericsson K800 & W880 and Nokia S60 3rd Edition phones including the N73, N95, E65, 6110, 6120. They also mention that some people have tried just downloading the JAR file directly from this link but it did not work on my BlackBerry 8310. Maybe somebody with an 8130 can to try it out?
Check out more info on the YouTube Blog. Hopefully this is a sign that a BlackBerry YouTube application is not that far off… 
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January 25th, 2008 10:58
I also have an 8310 (os ver 4.2) and saw this story yesterday. now youtube and blueapple.mobi are both busted for blackberry. BOOOOO!!!
January 25th, 2008 11:00
Yeah I heard about that. I guess they just dont mind leaving people out in the cold…
January 25th, 2008 13:37
Tried downloading the jar listed at the link above on my 8130 and it failed.
Just though I would give you a heads up.
January 25th, 2008 14:10
I also tried downloading the JAR file on my 8830 and it wouldn’t load the file. Here’s the error I received:
Error: Invalid manifest or application descriptor.
The “javax.microedition.io.Connector.rtspMIDIet-Perissions-Opt” attribute is invalid
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Not sure if it’s because I have an 8830. I’m a newbie to this blog and just wanted to try it out.
-DahCheet
January 25th, 2008 16:08
Yeah I guess there truly is no love for the BlackBerry. I was hoping OS 4.3 on the 8130 would be able to handle it
January 27th, 2008 11:23
Hi,I have GPRS on BB 7290 with v.4.1.0.390 OS. Can’t watch videos on YouTube with BB browser. What do I need to do? Will OperaMini browser let me watch videos on my BB 7290? I’m a newbie and hearing-impaired.I have unlimited data access;T-Mobile as provider thru GoAmerica.com. Thanks for any help. (My first time to visit this site.Read most of the comments which I find great so I wondered if I can find answers to my questions also.
January 28th, 2008 10:25
ChemTutor,
Sorry currently there is no way to watch youtube videos that I can recommend other than using a converter from your PC and then copying them over. Any other way just does not work.
Glad your liking the site. Let me know if you have anything else!
February 27th, 2008 13:20
Hello there,
I am also new to this blog, and I must say the info you all post here is extremely helpful.
I would like to know how I can watch video’s on my BlackBerry 8310.
If anyone can help with this, I will be greatly appreciative.
Thank you
February 28th, 2008 22:48
Glad to hear its been a help EMPLU. Sadly video on the BlackBerry has not seen any improvements and is still pretty bare bones. Even the new 4.3 release did not change much. On the other hand companies such as slingplayer are doing their best to mobilize video to work on your BlackBerry. Hopefully it will work well.
For the 8310 all I can recommend is to wait until the new OS is released for it.