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iPhone's "Mystery App" Is H.264 YouTube

Posted by kdawson on from the could-be-the-killer dept.

Rebelgecko writes "It turns out the iPhone's mystery app is a custom YouTube viewer. The iPhone will play YouTube's videos using the H.264 codec(as will the AppleTV after an upgrade) for higher quality. From the look of it, it will take advantage of the iPhone's screen design and touch capabilities much more than watching videos in the iPhone's version of Safari would. The videos can be streamed via a Wi-Fi connection or the EDGE network."

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  1. man by Almir · · Score: 5, Funny

    if they could only make it to, like, surf myspace too. that'd make it totally worth the money. i'd buy two of them just so i can do both at the same time.

  2. You know by fishthegeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know how many times my wife has been driving and I, sitting in the passenger seat bored out of my mind, thought to myself...

    {dream sequence}
    Damn I wish I could see a short clip of kittens doing cute things or kids doing lightsaber battles
    {/dream sequence}

    My life is now complete.

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    load "$",8,1
  3. Re:Thats a pretty stupid mystery app by Amouth · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...

    How does Apple do this? They like convert people into Apple salesmen - like zombies or something.

    Look at your post, "chasing the ipod generation", "its the hippest phone ever", etc, etc.. ...

    The only new thing is, like you said, "its the hippest phone ever", and nobody will shut up about it. ... quite simple.. the power is in the turtle neck - the flat, black, turtle neck...

    damnit someone should steal that shirt and sell it on ebay ....

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    '...if only "Jumping to a Conclusion" was an event in the Olympics.'