TinyTube enables free YouTube search / playback on your mobile

by Darren Murph, posted Nov 11th 2006 at 1:41PM

If you're just not satisfied with simply uploading your zany videos to YouTube, and don't want to wait around until next year to get a cellular version (or don't have Verizon Wireless), you should point your cellphone's browser to TinyTube. While not accessible from a non-mobile device (it's just YouTube content, anyway), the site provides a scaled-down version of the original for quicker loading and less strain on your wee resources, and offers up "low, medium, and high" playback settings to cater to varying connection speeds. So if you're the type who finds elation in instant gratification, and enjoy the freer things in life, hit the read link (with your handheld, of course) and head on over.

Filed under: Handsets, Misc

Tags: browser, free, Moblogs, tinytube, videos, website, youtube

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Zoen @ Nov 11th 2006 2:17PM

wont work on my treo 650

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master_of_fm @ Nov 11th 2006 2:21PM

the clip in the picture is this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P6UU6m3cqk

actually very funny

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Eric @ Nov 11th 2006 3:30PM

Works on my N80

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Zack @ Nov 11th 2006 4:31PM

Doesn't work on my Treo 700p, either.

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jmg @ Nov 11th 2006 5:51PM

I wa able to browse on a T650 with opera BUT could not see any videos...

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mike @ Nov 11th 2006 6:28PM

Just tried it.Works nice on my CU500

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vinay @ Nov 11th 2006 7:04PM

hmm it downloads the .3gp file on my htc wizard, just my pocket windows media player doesn't play it >_>

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Joe @ Nov 11th 2006 9:42PM

works on my TMobile SDA

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Darren Murph @ Nov 11th 2006 9:42PM

Just for information, that picture was TinyTube operating on a PPC-6700.

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flamer's grill @ Nov 12th 2006 2:10AM

Yes; works fine on my PPC-6700 as well.

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Allen @ Nov 12th 2006 6:11AM

Hey, it is working on my PC now too.

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noodle @ Nov 12th 2006 9:04AM

Doesn't work on my 700p, says " You appear to be using a non-mobile device, so links go to you tube directly."

Is there a way to overide this and get to the mobile link directly without the web overlord deciding I'm not on a mobile?

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TOCA @ Nov 12th 2006 3:35PM

Works perfekt on my iPAQ h2210, with TCPMP :-)

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TOCA @ Nov 12th 2006 3:37PM

"12. Doesn't work on my 700p, says " You appear to be using a non-mobile device, so links go to you tube directly."

Is there a way to overide this and get to the mobile link directly without the web overlord deciding I'm not on a mobile?"

Go to your browser settings, and make sure it's not set to act like IE6.0, but as PIE standard.

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Saif @ Nov 13th 2006 8:27AM

It worked great on my Nokia E62.

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=DC= @ Nov 13th 2006 10:25AM

Nokia 770 is able to download the .3gp files, but says the file format is not supported. Too bad. Looks like they need to work on it a bit more if they want to support more devices.

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=DC= @ Nov 13th 2006 10:29AM

Ignore my last post. Once downloaded, the file plays fine. It wouldn't allow streaming with the 770.

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bdogg64 @ Nov 13th 2006 10:57AM

I have a website that lets you search youtube and google video and convert videos to 3gp or mp4 format to watch on your mobile phone or pc.

pc access - http://www.mymobileclips.com
mobile access - http://wap.mymobileclips.com

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Simone @ Nov 17th 2006 4:54PM

Great idea. It works on my N80

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kevin @ Jan 16th 2007 3:08PM

We created this site: www.GoToBogo.com for viewing video clips on cellphones, but its mostly geared to smartphones. Please give it a try and let me know if it works. Seems best on Treos. Our company got tired of not having decent YouTube-like content for smartphones, so we've been building this as a side project. Its still in beta.