emTube - Youtube on Symbian Smartphones - 0
One of the greatest Websites, that stands for Web 2.0 like no other is Youtube. Youtube is everywhere, everyone knows Youtube. The online-video community grows bigger and bigger. That is why users want to access videos even from their mobile phones. One solution for watching Youtube content is a program called emTube. We gave it a try, and here are the results.
Review Conditions
We tested the current version 1.0.10 of emTube, that was released on January the 19th. The testing-device was a Nokia E65 using a wireless-lan connection for accessing the online content.
Installation
EmTube is only supported by Series60 3rd Edtion smartphones, because it uses libraries, that are not offered in the 2nd Edition of Symbian OS. After downloading the installation file from the official website you have to ensure, that you allowed the phone to install unsigned software also. You do that by going to the application manager, jump into the settings and turn the entry “Software installation” to “All”. Otherwise you will get a certificate error when trying to install. After that the installation is as easy as known from other applications.
First view
After starting emTube watching the first videos is pretty fast. Just choose featured, top rated or most viewed, as known from Youtube, from the menu and click a video. That’s it! It begins streaming immediately, in the top you will be shown the progress of caching the video. Fast-forwarding and rewinding works surprisingly speedy. Really nice, if the clip is fully loaded.
