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Qik livestreaming app arrives on iPhone, minus the "live"
Qik, a mobile app that enables users to stream live video, was all the rage on Nokia phones and other mobile devices last year. Now, the highly-anticipated iPhone version has arrived, thanks to the video capabilities of the iPhone 3GS. However, Qik on the iPhone is nowhere near as revolutionary as some people were expecting: it can't stream live video, and it can only upload over wifi. An update that supports 3G uploads is in the works; but until Apple approves it, you can probably pass on Qik.What CAN Qik do? Well, it'll upload saved videos from your Camera Roll, and it immediately uploads any video you record with it, as soon as you hit stop. It also supports shooting in landscape or portrait orientation, which no other video app has done on the iPhone thus far. Unfortunately, lack of true livestreaming and uploading over 3G mean that an aging Nokia still beats the latest iPhone if you're a mobile journalist. For folks who don't cover hot events or breaking news, the iPhone 3GS does a very capable job uploading to YouTube, no Qik app required.
[via Mashable]
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Subscribe to commentsPaul NicholsonAug 14th 2009 1:45PM
The qik app on Android works just fine over 3G. well, reasonably fine. I use it on my G1 and have for over a month.
iPhone is getting some solid competition from the huge number of Android phones launching this year on just about every carrier in the world. You'd do well to remember us :-)
mkoAug 14th 2009 2:27PM
'Android phones launching this year on just about every carrier in the world'
Exepct on the countries where carrier don't do contracts.
mkoAug 14th 2009 2:30PM
I accidentally hit send button on that one.
Typo correction: Except on the countries where carrier don't do contracts.
Take Turkey for example. Vodafone is present in here but they don't do contracts. Nokia and Samsung are dominating high and mid range while Cheap Chinese phones has the low end