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UPnP, the Nokia N95 and Windows Media Player

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Over on All About Symbian, I’ve posted a tutorial on linking the Nokia N95 (and other Nseries devices) to your Windows Media Player collection on your PC, using the Universal Plug and PLay (UPnP) protocols and Nokia’s Home Media client on the handset. Yes you can still hook up the phone over USB, or a bluetooth connection, but there’s something satisfying about browsing the full collection (about 20GB) on the handset, clicking copy, and it’s there, all without getting up from the sofa. The Home Media application reminds me a lot of Nokia’s first stab at a podcasting application –

Top Five Mobile Video Publishing Tools

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I’ve posted a look at some of the sites that allow video to be posted from your mobile to the web over on All About Symbian. Here’s a quick taster of what I cover in the article. From the streaming side of things there is… Qik (www.qik.com) “Look for Qik to continue to iron out bugs and open up for unfettered access at some point later this year. For all the buzz, it is one of the most polished options so far.” Flixwagon (www.flixwagon.com) “The early adopter nature of video streaming means that there are not a huge number of

Flickr Video – Mobile Upload Test

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Been looking at a number of video services online for some articles in the last few days, and one of those has been the new video service that Flickr offers. I can see why the 90 second videos would be regarded as long pictures, and while I’m still a touch unsure on how much of a good idea it is, there’s still no harm in kicking the tyres to make sure I can upload a video from my mobile directly into Flickr. Interestingly, in the RSS feed that powers my sidebar Flickr Widget, the video appears as if it was