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1. If you want to compare the current Pre search to the new one formatted for iPhone/Android, Google has set up a webpage going over the new look. Please see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGT8ZCTBoBA
for a video.
2. The Pre YT app automatically plays the HQ version.
3. The site for the Pre is not broken. It's not updated. Don't get confused between the YT app, the current mobile site, and the new mobile site. The YT app has basic search and play capabilities and no account support. The current mobile site has account supportm but the UI needs some improvement and videos require the separate YT app to play.
The point of the redesign is to bring a unified Youtube experience to mobile smartphones. As Google explains, most smartphones have their own implementation of the site in a Youtube app. They tend to suck (some more than others...like the Pre) and are infrequently updated. Rather than have crap apps across platforms, Google wants a great website that feels like an app, has more features and support, and is more frequently updated.
If you watch the video, you'll notice that using the new YT site, videos will play in the browser - no opening in your phone's separate YT app. Option to choose picture quality is available as is playlist support, favoriting support, subscription support, ratings, comments, and search suggestions. Some of this stuff is present in the current mobile site, but the new version is better laid out and accessible with a look beter suited to the design of current smartphones than the ugly sites featurephones tend to show.
Apparently there are some "technical difficulties" that require the Pre launch to be delayed by "a few months". Whatever.
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