For anyone around the Internet in 1995 you will see many similarities in the Mobile space. Each week we are hearing about new opportunities all targeting the Mobile data user. It is hard to keep up with the pace and then which phone should you buy?
Before you sign a contract so that you can subsidize the mini computer wrapped up in a phone, you may want to give some thought to video. Many clients have approached me and asked why an Internet Broadcast I was streaming live would not play on their iPhone. The answer has a few possible reasons but most likely the format of the live stream could not be recognized by the phone itself.
If you have a newer device like the iPhone, Droid and others, you will certainly be able to watch YouTube but YouTube is not live. If you are trying to view Flash you are most likely out of luck. Apple made it perfectly clear that i-stuff would not be running Flash. Droid and the Nexus One which uses the Google Android operating system are supposed to able to use Flash 10.1 but there are reports to suggest all is not going well with this deployment.
So what does one need to do?
