Apple Announcement: High Quality YouTube videos to be available on iPhone
Apple today announced something great for iPhone and Youtube lovers. iPhone which is all set to revolutionize both the mobile and computing world on June 29 will also contain a special new Youtube application that will allow the iPhone users to view their favorite Youtube videos on their iPhone's stunning 3.5 inch display.
Apple also stated that Youtube videos can be watched by both iPhone and Apple TV users. However, Apple TV user's will have to download a special Youtube application package which can be downloaded with the help of the integrated update utility of Apple TV. Moreover, Apple TV users can view their saved and favorite Youtube videos by logging into their account on it. However, for iPhone users Apple currently allowed only YouTube originally created videos which are over 10,000 in number to be viewed on their iPhone. However, this can be looked as a major revolution in mobile internet access that iPhone is going to give write after it launch.
In an another important statement, Apple guys says that iPhone will be the first mobile device that will provide the YouTube videos in the new H.264 format that is characterized by higher video quality. But this will not only be the advantage of this new H.264 video format as iPhone users will have the advantage of longer battery life while accessing the Youtube videos. Well, this could really be great for iPhone and Youtube lovers as they can have more YouTube experience on their iPhone.
The announcement looks great but I can't understand why only those 10,000 YouTube video could be accessed by iPhone users although YouTube has millions of other great user created videos that people love to watch. One reason could be the copyright problem that YouTube is facing these days but in my view this could be a much useful service if they allowed them to access each and every YouTube videos. Although Apple stated that YouTube will be adding more and more videos to this catalogue but if they go on like this it will take more than an year to make each and every video for iPhone users available.
