Live webcasting startup Flixwagon announced today that it was testing live “high-quality” video streaming from unlocked iPhones to the web, using Flixwagon’s alpha client. Here’s Flixwagon’s announcement: While we don’t condone or recommend unlocking iPhones, as avid iPhone users ourselves we wanted to experiment with ways to enable flixwagon on the iPhone, until the official SDK [...]

Mobile broadcast network FlyTunes has added video and audio podcasts to its offerings, in addition to a new user interface and a customizable channel guide. The new video and audio channels cover a wide range of topics, including news, entertainment, politics, kids & family, health, comedy, business and technology. FlyTunes now offers users over 350 [...]

The iPhone Safari browser may soon directly support YouTube, according to at least one report:  The latest version of the iPhone 2.0 firmware that was just seeded to developers has a YouTube plugin for MobileSafari.app! We’re not sure at this point if this is using the same method as the native YouTube app that just works [...]

BlogTalkRadio today announced that it has updated its Cinch mobile podcasting service to let you use a custom podcast feed URL. Previously, your podcast feed URL was automatically set to your mobile phone number. When the service was introduced, we questioned the decision to embed your phone number in the feed url: I question a [...]

At Scripting News, pioneering podcaster Dave Winer is highlighting a service from BlogTalkRadio that makes podcasting a no-brainer: A new service from BlogTalkRadio… Call their special phone number: 646-200-0000. It records the call. When you’re done it creates an RSS 2.0 feed with an enclosure that’s an MP3 of the call. The address of the [...]

Today, Helio announced a new mobilecasting service that they are calling “the most comprehensive YouTube experience currently offered on mobile!” They could have thrown a “massive” or “global” into that, but the service is exactly the type of thing we’ve been pushing for for years: mobile devices that are sophisticated two-way Web publishing platforms. Available [...]

Podcasting directory and community Podcast Pickle has introduced a mobile version of its site, optimized for Apple iPhones. Pickle Mobile lets you browse top podcasts at the site, read podcast reviews and create a personal podcast playlist.

Mobile communications provider DiGi Telecommunications, announced this week the debut of D’podCast, an on-demand service for mobile phone users, the first of its kind in Malaysia. D’podCast is the result of a collaboration between DiGi and digital media company Stanton Technologies, and is part of DiGi’s ongoing efforts to widen its range of mobile internet [...]

VeriSign and Bamboo MediaCasting, a mobile content delivery solutions provider, have teamed to offer VeriSign Mobile Media Cast, a managed mobile podcast service for wireless operators. The VeriSign Mobile Media Cast is a fully managed solution which provides operators the ability to deliver licensed podcast content to their customers, with complete life-cycle management of the [...]

Sprint and HTC Corp. today announced their response to the iPhone, the Touch by HTC, a touch-screen wireless phone integrating Windows Mobile 6 with advanced entertainment features. The Touch features integrated TouchFLO technology, developed by HTC, leveraging smooth navigation through menus with a finger swipe. In addition, the TouchFLO cube brings a 3D cube interface [...]