YouTube Launches Universally Accessible Mobile Site

After launching mobile services with both Verizon Wireless and Vodafone back in November 2006 and February this year respectively, YouTube has now launched a mobile version of its website accessible to any mobile handset user on any carrier.

The new mobile version of the site, accessed by browsing to http://m.youtube.com with a mobile phone web browser, provides a selection of videos from the Featured, Recently Added, Most Viewed, Top Rated, Top Favorites, Entertainment, and People categories. The interface also allows access to a 'Grab Bag' of random videos.

Videos are provided in the 3GP format, which is playable on the vast majority of mobile handsets produced in recent years. The site does warn that the videos are data intensive, and an unlimited data plan is recommended. [via Engadget Mobile]