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YouTube today updated its mobile site for accessing videos through smartphone Web browsers.

To access the site, visit youtube.com, which should redirect you to m.youtube.com/, from your phone. From there, you'll be able to long into your account, view favorites, and discover and share new videos just like you would from a PC or Mac.

YouTube isn't about to lose its position as the number one user-generated video site any time soon: It is tops on the desktop and is, surely, one of the most used in these early stages of mobile video consumption as well. Today news is step towards maintaining its current position.

As the YouTube blog posting announcing the improved mobile site says, "It's part of our mission to create the best possible YouTube experience for you, whether you use the site on your computer, in your living room, or on the go.”

Interestingly, YouTube also says the updated mobile site is "designed to access YouTube on smartphones with capable browsers; phones like the iPhone, G1 and Palm Pre.

What? No mention of Windows Mobile, RIM BlackBerry and Symbian/S60 (mostly Nokia) smartphones? It is likely users of many of the devices running on these mobile platforms will be able to take advantage of the updated YouTube mobile site, in spite of what was surely an unintentional minor snub.