November 28, 2006 at 14:12YouTube crawled into Verizon's mobile phones
In early November, the YouTube video service announced that it plans to launch a new service for wireless devices over the next year . However, the new VCast service of the Verizon telecom operator is already starting to work.
Verizon customers will be able to watch videos selected by YouTube editors on their phones for $ 15 a month. When selecting clips for mobile viewing, their popularity and “entertainment effect” will be taken into account mainly.
Skeptics note that the popularity of the service may not be very high - due to the fact that mobile users are not given freedom to choose a video clip, however, Gartner analysts are confident that this is not a big deal, and the new service will only bring Verizon new customers, writesNew York Times .
Verizon customers will be able to watch videos selected by YouTube editors on their phones for $ 15 a month. When selecting clips for mobile viewing, their popularity and “entertainment effect” will be taken into account mainly.
Skeptics note that the popularity of the service may not be very high - due to the fact that mobile users are not given freedom to choose a video clip, however, Gartner analysts are confident that this is not a big deal, and the new service will only bring Verizon new customers, writesNew York Times .