YouTube’s mobile strategy is finally coming along: it started with opening access beyond its exclusive deal with Verizon Wireless. The iPhone-YouTube integration is possibly among the most used features on the iPhone (at least anecdotally on my iPhone). Then Helio and other operators are beginning to embed YouTube apps (though most of them are not official tie-ups). And now, the announcement that LG Electronics will build a YouTube app for its phones and then start selling handsets with it later this year. LG handset users will be able to film, upload and view videos on YouTube using their mobile phones (network willing, I suppose).

LG first announced its agreement to pre-install Google’s services on its handsets in March 2007. As a first step, LG recently launched the LG-KS10, which features Google search, Gmail for mobile, and Google Maps for mobile. The LG-KS10 first hit shelves in Italy this past April.

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