T-Mobile Dash

Thanks for the reply. I will try this but am pretty sure I am going to
return the phone in the next couple of days. I will play around with it
some more, but I bought it because I thought I could watch streaming
video on it. Since I can't do that without a lot of trouble, I may just
go back to my Blackberry Pearl. Are there *any* handhelds that can
access YouTube and other stuff without having to install a bunch of
other software? Something that works right out of the box?

Thanks again.

Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 16 Oct 2007 00:04:22 -0600 Lynne wrote:
>> I just got this phone today because I was under the impression
>> that you could watch videos from the web. I tried YouTube and
>> get a message that I don't have the Flash Player installed but
>> when I try to get a player from Adobe it says there isn't one
>> for my software. What gives? Shouldn't I be able to watch embedded
>> videos?
>
>
> m.youtube.com is a mobile-friendly version of YouTube (but only has a
> fraction of the videos from the "real" YouTube site.)
>
> To get it work on the Dash, you might need to install a few things.
> Check out this article:
>
> http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&title=the_only_real_guid
> e_to_playing_back_mobi&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
>
>
> Good luck!
>

At 16 Oct 2007 11:35:34 -0600 Lynne wrote:
> Thanks for the reply. I will try this but am pretty sure I am going
> to return the phone in the next couple of days. I will play around
> with it some more, but I bought it because I thought I could watch
> streaming video on it. Since I can't do that without a lot of
> trouble, I may just go back to my Blackberry Pearl. Are there
> *any* handhelds that can access YouTube and other stuff without
> having to install a bunch of other software? Something that works
> right out of the box?
>

The Wing does. A streaming media app is included with WM6 devices with a
touchscreen.

It still only plays vids from the mobile YouTube site, however. No
mobile phone I'm aware of can play YouTube flash videos in the browser
like a PC.