There have been a few workarounds for the lack of native YouTube support in Windows Mobile for some time, but most require users to either purchase software or to configure free software in mind-bending ways.

But Google’s new YouTube Application for Windows Mobile makes viewing viral video a snap.  Just install the free software and you’re good to go.  The program takes up about 1.5MB of storage and can update itself when Google releases new versions.

As with all data-intensive applications, be sure that you have an unlimited data plan before you start watching YouTube videos; you can rack up a lot of data usage very quickly with any type of streaming media.

To get the Google YouTube app, visit http://m.youtube.com on your mobile device and select “Download the YouTube Application” option on the page.