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5 things missing from your mobile life in 2008: Google Mobile and more

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Life's getting mobile, and it seems that's the way it's always going to be. Humans don't come off as the traveling type, yet we do. From horse carriages to cell phones, we're always looking for ways to do more on the move, so what's missing from your mobile life in 2008 and how can you fix it? The following list may help.

1. Full access to YouTube in Windows Mobile: Everyone's got a solution for playing YouTube Mobile videos on a Windows Mobile phone, but it seems no one's giving Windows Mobile users a way to access YouTube.com's full, flash video library. Oh wait, there is a solution. It only requires users to install a specific version of TCPMP and the Flash Video Bundle, an add-on to TCPMP to give it the ability to play flash video. Use Pocket IE to navigate to YouTube (a few other flash video sites are also supported). Clicking on a video will open TCPMP to play it. Easy, right?

You could also install Orb on your PC and use the Orb mobile client to find YouTube videos on the go, but that solution requires you to leave your home PC on all the time.

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Finally, a real social net for mobiles

Let's face it. Social networking on cell phones sucks. Web browsing on cell phones is a pain, and nobody has made it easy to participate in the social apps trifecta (profile, friends, and chat) on a mobile device. Despite this, mobile devices are still the best place to participate in social networks because they're always on-net, and they're personal. Plus, they have all the tools needed to support social network action: a built-in camera, a microphone and earpiece, and a texting apparatus. Hello MySpace, right?

Well, if MySpace didn't suck on mobile devices, that is.

Enter Mig33. This Australian startup has created a rich, easy-to-use social network for cell phones that runs as a native app. We tried it on a Nokia N95 and it installed by downloading it from Mig33's WAP download site. It ran exactly as described. With the Mig33 client running on your mobile device, you'll be able to browse other users' profiles, send chat texts, participate in a multi-user chat room, and I.M. with your buddies on MSN, AIM, and Yahoo. You'll also have VoIP capability do you can gab it up with your Mig33 buddies. Not a bad combination of functionality--and the best part, Mig33 is free to join.

Filed under: Fun, Text, Hardware, News, E-mail, Web services, Yahoo!

Helio and Yahoo join forces

helio and yahoo team upWe mentioned Helio and their deal with MySpace a few months ago. Now Helio is teaming up with Yahoo! to bring search, messenger, mail, and several of their content services to the phone provider. The Yahoo press release is here. Helio is billed as a "youth oriented" mobile service. So the MySpace deal made sense. Yahoo isn't exactly for the geezers out there, but one could argue, having been on the web for some time, it caters to a broader audience. So what's the big deal? Can't you get Yahoo goodies on web-enabled phones already? I noticed the Yahoo360 stuff was missing from the provided services, and you'd think that would be perfect for the youngsters out there... Unless they're socializing with MySpace, which they are...

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