Free Movies: FAQ: Mobile

Watching free movies on a mobile device

Almost every mobile, portable, device, smartphone, iPhone or cell phone with a web browser can play these movies online.

Most mobile devices have some type of video playing software like Quicktime or WIndows Media Player. Some movies, though, may not play directly on a mobile device.

Watch movies on the go with 3G speed

The latest wireless technology, 3G, used by AT&T and other networks, made the Internet available far beyond wifi spots and cables.

The best way to see of your mobile plays these movies is to select a movie title and choose one of the available playing formats.

Most web browsers can locate the correct movie player needed to play the movie file. But some devices cannot. Check your device specifications to see what movie formats it accepts if you aren't sure why the movie doesn't play.

If the movie does not start playing after a few minutes (remember, mobile downloads are much slower and these are extremely large files), then the movie will probably not to start to play.

In that case, try to download the file either with your mobile device or from your PC. Even if you download a non-readable file to your mobile device, it might be able to be transfered to your PC (if you have beam, bluetooth, synch, etc. ability).

Many cell phones still use slow download speeds and that makes it difficult to cram a large file into a small connection. Use the 64k Dial Up modem option if your mobile device has a slow connection.

New broadband access on cell phones make it possible to watch high quality movie files from any wireless device or movies stored in the device's memory. If you are on a 3G or wifi network, select the broadband option.

The movie files small image size makes it suitable to play full screen on a portable device. On a PC, the small image small and large screen can be distracting.

Watching Videos on a TV with an iPhone

Connect your iPhone to a TV and watch videos on the larger screen. Use the Apple Component AV Cable, Apple Composite AV Cable, or other authorized iPhone compatible cable.

Also use these cables with the Apple Universal Dock to connect iPhone to your TV. (The Apple Universal Dock includes a remote, which allows you to control playback from a distance.) Apple cables and docks are available for purchase from Apple. (Apple iPhone Tips)

Downloading free movies to a portable

While our site makes it easy to watch movies from your PC, and to download most video files. The hard part is to get the file to play on a mobile. The challenge is getting the original video into a playable format for your portable device.

If you can download a movie or video file to your portable device, it has to be in the format for that particular device to play. This can be confusing since many different formats exist today. But there are some formats that seem to play on most devices- Apple's Quicktime (.mov) and Windows Media Player (.wav).

Watch a movie anytime you want. Download a movie to your PC, convert it to a format your mobile device uses to play movies, and you can click and watch on demand!

If the movie file can be downloaded to your mobile device, it still needs to be in a format that your device will play. It is not usually the same one as regular web browsers.

Video conversion software, such as Roxio Software, makes it easy to convert video files into many formats for a variety of platforms.

Converting videos for the iPhone

If you add a video from iTunes to iPhone and a message says the video can’t play on iPhone, you can convert the video.

Select the video in your iTunes library and choose Advanced > “Create iPod or iPhone Version.” Then add the converted video to iPhone (Apple iPhone Tips)

Adding a webclip or bookmark to your portable

Most devices allow you to bookmark a web page to make it easier to access it later.

Add iPhone web clips to the Home screen for faster access to your favorite webpages. Web clips appear as icons on the Home screen, and you can arrange your web clips along with the other icons.

How to add a web clip on Safari

Open the webpage and tap the + symbol. Then, tap “Add to Home Screen.” When you open a web clip, Safari will automatically zoom and scroll to the area of the webpage that was displayed when you saved the web clip. (from Apple's iPhone tips): 

Real Life Experience: EMOL tests the mobile

Entertainment Magazine recently purchased an iPhone 3G. This makes it possible to better format our content for mobile devies.

In previus years, we used a Palm Pilot LifeDrive. Besides its personal digital assistant features, it also served as a wireless option to check email, browse the Internet and conduct basic adminstrative work.

Experiment what works best for your device. Everyday new options become available to solve problems faced with new devices and formats. Keep checking back for updates.