YouTube has just announced a partnership with Verizon to give Verizon Wireless customers access to a limited selection of YouTube videos from their mobile phones.  The deal is exclusive and is reported to be for a 3-month trial period.

Verizon Wireless’s V Cast customers who own any one of the Verizon Wireless V Cast-enabled handsets, including the Chocolate and MOTOKRZR K1m, will have access to the new service.  The same users will also be able to record video and share it with the YouTube community via their mobile phones.

It has been stated by In-Stat that by 2008 there will be 50 million portable media players in circulation worldwide and by 2009, mobile video subscribers will represent over 10 percent of U.S. wireless subscribers.

For YouTube content, Verizon Wireless customers can purchase a V Cast VPak subscription for $15 per month or $3 per day. And they don’t have to worry about airtime charges when streaming or watching the content.

Verizon also said the subscription includes unlimited basic video, but application download fees apply for 3-D games and premium video.  Sounds like a cool partnership to me, I will look forward to more crazy videos being posted.

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