Mobile Videos On The Cheap

StartupJournal: Alex Gurevich loves to log on to YouTube to watch music videos and comedy sketches on breaks from work. But the 24-year-old entrepreneur from San Francisco fretted that he couldn’t take the fun with him on his cellphone. Mr. Gurevich assumed that signing up for a mobile video service would require a “superexpensive” phone and more than $20 extra a month in fees.
So he was surprised to find in January a free new mobile video service — called MyWaves — that works with his basic Motorola Razr. Now he is glued to it, regularly attempting to amuse his friends with stand-up comedy clips and other videos he has transferred to his phone. “Why would I sign up for another service if I can get this for free?” he says.
MyWaves Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., is one of a flurry of start-ups offering new ways to access Internet videos on cellphones, hoping to overcome barriers that have prevented mobile video from taking off in the past.
Calling All Videos: New Cellphone Services [StartupJournal]