What are the chances of us seeing a fully fledged YouTube app that includes the option to sign in via google video / youtube account + an option so that video links can be mailed directly to email contacts contained within your contact list on the N900

Previous phone was a windows mobile - apps obviously had longer to fully fruit but these are basic functions i'd like to see on the N900in a 3rd party youtube app

I've had a look through current apps.. found zoutube and tried it seems ok the option to download a video to the device is great but if i want to share a video i've just watched via email your at a dead end.

Why not just use the browser and go to www.youtube.com?

there is also a youtube uploader in ovi store:

http://store.ovi.mobi/content/24021?...kSource=browse

Always amazes me what are considered 'basic functions' these days in mobiles. I was using a 5800 Symbian phone before the N900 and didn't think of emailing Youtube links natively from my contact list.

I think your best bet is using CTRL-C/V to copy and paste the URL into the email program and go from there, especially since you can multitask with the N900.

Let's see.
- Go to youtube.com (which is not optimized for this size of screen nor keyboard or computer without mouse)
- Do what you do. Search and find video
- try to doubleclick address bar to select it completely (maybe ctrl-a works also)
- ctrl-c
- 3 clicks to start new e-mail
- Start writing and ctrl-v address
- Send
Sorry too cumberstone to Joe average. No i´m not joking. Really :| This is reality today!

Have you people gave any tought to idea that maybe some webpage actually might be usable as apps even if they were orginally developed as webpage?

Bah I don't get these "would-be" applications. Why would we need a stripped-down version of the service when we can just browse to the full site?

I think that the ability to see Facebook and YouTube "as is" is enough for us. If you want to "Share" a video with friends, use the buttons in YouTube for doing so.

Don't forget about being able to pull out the cursor by doing a left-to-right sweep (starting from the black area of the screen) and zooming (!!!!) to hit those "small" icons.

YouTube & Facebook mobile apps = compromise.

N900 = Full experience.

@ cjp, perfectly put.

I'm sick of seeing hundreds of 'applications' for the iphone that are just stripped down/poorer versions of a website.

the page is not designed for a 3 inch touch screen.. Hence why a standalone app would be better.

@ cjp, I agree for the most part, except for with YouTube you are not getting the full experience. I don't know about for you, but with my n900 YouTube is usable at best. Even over WiFi the video often lags and the quality is not the best.

I think a well made app that avoids a lot of the fluff from the website (i.e. comments) would be very useful for a website like YouTube.

Because of clutter? Actually i know quite many Joe Averages that do not like facebook webpage with all bells and whistles. They get confused and frustrated in 5s. Quite many people like really really simple things in compromise of functionality.

For you maybe but there is demand and if you look these merging threads this demand is growing. Let´s hope that Nokia puts up Store so developers can make money.

Just mimics mouse. Not good enough for everyone.

If you haven't lived in barrel then you have probably noticed that quite many people like compromises. Poor bastards will get confused if there is too many choices. (Too) Many people like to be guarded and shown what to do. This is reality and this is where developers can make money.

Yes and No depends how you define experience. Remember that web-pages are designed to at least 102x768 (probably now days higher) full keyboard and mouse.