On Monday (April 20, 2009), Open Box unveiled its solution for online video. The simple fact is that if you use or create online video, you know that multiple formats are a necessary evil. If you want to watch something on your BlackBerry or an iPhone or your computer, you need the right plugin or format. Open Box’s Sesame Vault aims to change all of that.

Alright, so you’re a person who watches video. Why should you care? Here’s why — you don’t have to install anything. Everything is done on the server side so whatever device you have, you should be able to watch video. Some devices – ahem iPhone ahem – can’t play back flash video. Wouldn’t it be nice if you went to a page and it would just give you a video that you could play? Yep, Sesame Vault solves that. Keep reading for lots more.

If you dig podcasts and are saddled, er, I mean choose to carrying around a BlackBerry, then check out this new app called PodTrapper. The app promises to automatically download podcasts for you as well as control playback on your BlackBerry smartphone. Best of all, the app has a free 30 day trial available. The more »