I suppose there’s a grumpy old man inside me already, because try as I might, I’m just not wild about “Web Two-point-oh.” Social bookmarking, social networking, social journal-keeping, social “mashing together the fugliest animated GIF mess possible and calling it ‘a Myspace’ for your friends to envy” — I can do without it. But for all that bitterness, there’s one overwhelming exception to the rule: I really love YouTube. Everything about the service from top to bottom is nothing short of divine (excepting the brain-dead user comments, of course!). And hey, with the videos themselves carrying a none-too-demanding pixel count, a mobile YouTube client is really the perfect candidate for a must-have smartphone application. We’ve seen some faltering competitors in this arena before, but emTube for S60 is absolutely not one of them. I’m going to give you guys a brief rundown of why this program belongs on your S60 smartphone without question if you pack one, and why you might want to start thinking Finnish if you don’t.

There’s not a lot of detailed technical stuff to deal with here: emTube’s hard-working developer, Sebastian Jedruszkiewicz, has taken care of the tough parts for you. Run the installer and let the good times roll, baby. You’ll notice that the application presents a very clean, “S60-like” look — it fits in quite well with the rest of the operating system, and comes across as a dead ringer for something Nokia themselves could have included with your smartphone. Search works reliably, and fast access to YouTube’s Featured, Top Rated, and Most Viewed videos are right at your fingertips. Keeping a finger on the beating pulse of online viral video humor has never been more doable.