Moblr hopes to be the mobile YouTube

A SERVICE which claims to be the world's first free mobile video sharing service, Moblr, has just been launched in the UK.

Obviously aiming to be the YouTube of the mobile world, Moblr has been put together by WAP and SMS specialist, Kiboo.

The INQ can confirm that it's entirely feasible to sign up for Moblr using nothing but a mobile handset - similar services require subscribers to join via a PC based Internet session.

The company claims it is possible to upload a handset generated video via the browser as well as via MMS (picture messaging) or email. It also claims to be able to accept videos in all popular formats.

The service certainly does appear to work - although the pages look too small if the handset is using its built-in HTML browser rather than a WAP browser.

It remains to be seen if Moblr can build up a sufficient following to establish itself. It can't help that the site's name leaves itself wide open to misspelling. µ

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