Youtube now supports uploads from mobile phones

[Giovanni Dimitropoulos]

Video sharing website Youtube, has launched a service that will allow its users to upload homemade clips via mobile phones and PDA. One of the company’s founders admits that its service will move away the users from the webcams and computers. Youtube members have to create a mobile profile on the site and YouTube will give you a secret email address where you can send the videos via MMS. You can set the default privacy level and category in your profile; and create two separate profiles (and get two separate email addresses) for different types of movies. Youtube currently supports upload from Cingular, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

For now the service is free which is actually worrying the analysts that how will the company mint money out of this service.