Class 7 Reading - Video on the Web and Mobile Devices

Head is spinning, head is spinning. No, I actually do understand much of what is going on in these chapters about streaming video on the web and on mobile devices. There seemed to be a lot of discussion about the use of plug-ins and the difference between the EMBED and the OBJECT command and in reference to Windows. I am not entirely clear about how to use/obtain/code plug-ins but these seem to be the solution for playing video on a player that is not installed on the hard drive.

Delivering streaming media to mobile devices such as phones seems like a hard sell to me right now. I am personally not to excited by the prospect of watching video on my cell phone, with the low bit rates required and the tiny screen, I just really do not see the intrigue. I am slightly more interested in ideas like the ESPN phone that connects to nearly all-encompassing, wireless sports service which provides up-to-the-minute scores, news, opinion columns, audio and video. This might be worthwhile to look at every once in awhile, especially since the duration of the content provided would be short.