If you’ve used the dedicated Youtube application for the Ocean at all today, you may have noticed that it was asking you to update to the newer 1.1 version. Oh, but what could be better in this so called new version you ask? How about lightning fast buffering speeds and improved quality? Why yes! Now you can watch this video with a buffering speed of less than 3 seconds, and improved streaming quality. Bravo, Helio. Bravo! As always, you can download the application by opening your Youtube app and downloading the update when it prompts you, or by heading to the Apps section of the WAP store on your device.

And don’t worry, for those of you with a different Helio device, you can still experience the fun through the http://m.youtube.com website.

Launch day of new applications tends to be hell for developers. Try as they might, bugs tend to come out of the woodworks when an application’s user base rockets from five tired developers to a few hundred thousand users. As any dev can tell you, the debugging stage really only starts once you have 10,000 yelling about stuff being broken.

YouTube Mobile’s launch was no different - this application that worked flawlessly in the days leading up to its launch started suffering from a few nasty issues once it went live. Fortunately, resolutions for these issues have made their way out - it should be smooth sailing from here.

Issue #1: “Buffer Timeout” error displayed during playback.
Resolution: We just got the word from one of the guys behind the scenes letting us know that this issue should now be a thing of the past. We checked a number of videos on 3 separate devices with no buffering errors whatsoever. Let us know if your experience differs.

Issue #2: YouTube app gets stuck at “Device Sync..” stage
Resolution: This seems to be caused by a corrupt video file lurking around in your internal video storage. Go to Menu > 3. Snap > 4. Video Album > Default (Internal). Look for any videos represented with an exclamation point or that refuse to play, and delete them.

Hopefully this starts clearing the way for anyone still having trouble with the application, because it really is a damned good one.

How often do you find yourself wanting to Rickroll someone while you’re out and about, only to find out there’s nary a computer in sight? Up until recently, you’d be out of luck. On-the-go YouTube offerings were pretty much crap. Apple’s YouTube application came along - tons of videos, a great start! But what about all the rest of the stuff YouTube had to offer?

Well, Good news: Helio’s YouTube Mobile application launched this morning. It features the absolutely massive video catalog you’d expect from a YouTube application, along with the ability to record and upload videos on the go and all of the community features (commenting, rating, user subscriptions, etc). Better news: The application is outstanding. Best news: It’s free. Grab it today from the Applications section on your device.

Check out our full review.