Justin.tv watch out
Tonight I was over Rocky’s house and got a message that I could download the new Qik video streaming service to my cell phone. Cool, “let’s try it,” I said to myself.
It only took a minute to download and install.
Now there’s a “qik” icon in my applications folder. Click on it on my Nokia N95. A video window pops up, says “connected” and there’s a button called “stream.” I push that and this is the result. Rocky realizes that it truly is live, albeit with a five-second delay.
Holy s**t. I can stream live video to you now from anywhere at anytime. No longer do I need to wait for Kyte, Seesmic, or other services to upload videos.
I push that button and the live stream turns to a recorded video. Instantly.
Freaking amazing. Wait until I hook this sucker up with Twitter.
Imagine being at a conference, telling people “visit my Qik” and turning this on so they all could watch.
My world has just changed. Thanks Qik! Watch my page for some more videos coming later today.
The quality isn’t the best, but it’s watchable and that’s all we really need considering that video is coming to you over a cell phone connection.
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December 17th, 2007 at 1:29 am
Hot stuff! Too bad they only support Nokia phones, at least for now…
December 17th, 2007 at 2:05 am
Ugly video player UI, other than that … where do I sign up?!
December 17th, 2007 at 2:07 am
I gave them my phone number twice, nada.
December 17th, 2007 at 2:26 am
Stefan: I put mine in on Saturday evening and got the invite 24 hours later.
December 17th, 2007 at 3:54 am
See something amazing it’s unreal pictures and video clips with homeless-guys.
December 17th, 2007 at 4:20 am
Qik is something which should be a part of Nokia’s Ovi service…
December 17th, 2007 at 4:21 am
Heh. Correct link: http://www.ovi.com.
December 17th, 2007 at 4:23 am
Ooops. Third try:
http://www.ovi.com
December 17th, 2007 at 4:33 am
[...] tech commentator Robert Scoble has gone mad for a new video streaming service for mobiles called Qik. It competes with Kyte and Seesmic but unlike those you do not have to wait [...]
December 17th, 2007 at 7:07 am
Just watch the IP and privacy issues stack up. Airport style searches at conference doors and everything off the record. Or maybe not.
December 17th, 2007 at 7:28 am
My number is in and I’m anxiously awaiting my SMS…
December 17th, 2007 at 7:46 am
I have been using the comvu pocketcaster service on my n95 the same sort of gig really but I will check out this one.
I get to run it over 3g here in the UK and even did one of our SL wimbledon press conference behind the scenes gigs with it.
I tried doing one of those california style driving on the freeway things.
The problem is, well this aint california. Usually the driving rain and stop star traffics does not make for a good shot ;-)
It did seem to be having some problems when I just checked epredator.tv, but I am sure it will be back
December 17th, 2007 at 8:54 am
[...] Scoble has gone wild for a new video streaming service for cellphones called Qik. It vaguely competes with Kyte, Seesmic and Ustream, but is perhaps [...]
December 17th, 2007 at 9:01 am
This has amazing implications for just-in-time learning as well. Dial up your guru, ask him/her to turn on the ol’ cell, and see how it’s done.
Your resolution was enough that I could even make out the screens pretty well.
World-changing indeed.
December 17th, 2007 at 10:15 am
[...] a beau répéter et re-répéter que les tuyaux sont désormais grands ouverts (ou s’appeler Robert Scoble), l’important reste d’avoir des choses intéressantes à dire pour les [...]
December 17th, 2007 at 10:36 am
Can it use your wifi connection to send the video or does it have to send over 3g?
Obviously wifi would be waaaay cheaper but I see no mention of it on the website.
December 17th, 2007 at 10:49 am
@Scobleizer,
Any limits on the Qik video size (file size or duration)?
Abhishek
December 17th, 2007 at 11:34 am
Video streaming from your phone QIK-ly, as in: instantly
Is instant video streaming from your phone quick enough for you. Or should I say QIK enough? QIK is a small application for various Nokia phones that lets you use the phone’s camera and data connection to immediately stream content to the web. Robert …
December 17th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
I’m not sure conference organizers would appreciate you shaing conference content with people that haven’t paid an entrance fee. Gotta believe this could be an issue.
December 17th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
If qik.com is smart they would simply use the twitter api to build that functionality into their application, then those of us that carry two cell phones (pretty much just Scoble and his big head ;) ) could do it all form the same device. Plus, they need to include commenting on the web page for each video, or better just include one of the many universal comment application providers out there. That we could all comment on Scoble shooting video of wasted friends! (all in good jest, don’t eat anyones shorts!)
December 17th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
[...] revolution in mobile video is here! Qik makes it possible to broadcast live from your Nokia phone. Robert Scoble discovered this new way of video sharing and is raving about it on his blog: “Holy s**t. I [...]
December 17th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Tomi and epredator… you might both be onto something!
http://pocketcaster.typepad.com/blog/2007/10/reuters-and-nok.html
December 17th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
That was amazing Robert - chatting to you via Qik as you walked to the Apple store - mad! 11 p.m. here in UK and you were loud and clear though the person you were talking to was tinny as I said. Great fun!
December 17th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
[...] Here’s another. Tonight I was over Rocky’s house and got a message that I could download the new Qik video streaming service to my cell phone. Cool, “let’s try it,” I said to myself. It only took a minute to download and install. [...]
December 17th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Take a look on this - it works perfect in Germany with all mobile operators. Do you need only a standard 3G phone and it works - call a number and press video call, that’s all! No software installation, no clients, no config - only call a number and let’s stream to your Facebook and MySpace account. Unfortunately it works in the first phase only in Germany/Europe. best regards Daniel
http://de.blognation.com/2007/11/07/viif-launches-platform-for-mobile-video-sharing/
December 17th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
http://de.blognation.com/2007/11/07/viif-launches-platform-for-mobile-video-sharing/
Take a look on this - it works perfect in Germany with all mobile operators. Do you need only a standard 3G phone and it works - call a number and press video call, that’s all! No software installation, no clients, no config - only call a number and let’s stream to your Facebook and MySpace account. Unfortunately it works in the first phase only in Germany/Europe. best regards Daniel
December 17th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
[...] Scoble has gone wild for a new video streaming service for cellphones called Qik. It vaguely competes with Kyte, Seesmic and Ustream, but is perhaps [...]
December 17th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
[...] Justin.tv watch out Tonight I was over Rocky’s house and got a message that I could download the new Qik video streaming service to […] [...]
December 17th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
As you can imagine we have received an overwhelming number of requests for invitation to the Alpha release of Qik. Thank you! We are working through these requests and will be in touch soon.
We are also working towards supporting other device platforms. If you’re interested in participating in an early release of Qik for these platforms - send us an email at support@qik.com along with the type of device that you are interested in.
December 17th, 2007 at 5:23 pm
To address a few questions that came up in the comments thus far:
- It works with 2G, EDGE, 3G, 3.5G and WiFi and adapts it streaming based on the type of connectivity
- There are no limits on the file size or duration of the stream
Feel free to contact support@qik.com for any questions you have.
December 17th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
Robert, can you send me an invite? tnkgrl@gmail.com
December 17th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
Looks like you made the front page on wordpress Congrats! EDGE data is s…..l…….o…..w thought.
December 17th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
[...] Robert Scobleは、携帯電話向けの動画ストリーミングである新サービス「Qik」について熱狂的なエントリを書いている。Kyte、Seesmic、Ustreamなどの各種サービスと、あいまいながら競合関係にあたるかもしれない。しかし、Kyteに最も近いものだろう。ユーザーは、Qik利用により携帯電話から3G/GPRS/Wi-fiを通じてライブ動画キャストを行える。 [...]
December 17th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
[...] Scoble nous a fait decouvrir ce nouveau service de “streaming en vidéo pour téléphones portables appelé Qik. Plus ou moins concurrent [...]
December 18th, 2007 at 12:00 am
[...] Justin.tv watch out Tonight I was over Rocky’s house and got a message that I could download the new Qik video streaming service to […] [...]
December 18th, 2007 at 1:21 am
[...] Video streaming, right from your mobile phone. (tags: video inspiration web2.0 toiconblog) [...]
December 18th, 2007 at 2:11 am
Wow, thats crazy. I wish we had that technology in Australia
Dale
http://dzrbenson.com/blog/
December 18th, 2007 at 6:56 am
[...] ‘Imagine being able to visit your Qik he muses, and you can show them exactly what you are seeing, with no uploads and a minimum of fuss. You can even record the video stream to playback later for those not quite on the pulse! [...]
December 18th, 2007 at 9:52 am
Well, I heard that there’s another start up called Flixwagon that ebable you to broadcast live from the mobile.
http://www.flixwagon.com
December 18th, 2007 at 10:09 am
[...] (h/t Scoble) [...]
December 18th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
[...] haven’t used Qik yet because they don’t support my phone. But Scoble is going berzerk about it and it seems REALLY cool! Qik allows you to live stream video to the web from your cell [...]
December 18th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
Java support is almost ready (for Sony Ericsson and Nokia phones, among others). Can’t give a date on it, but we should have something to announce soon…
December 19th, 2007 at 12:38 am
noone has considered what kind of porn ya can make now?!
December 19th, 2007 at 10:19 am
[...] algunos modelos de Nokia, pero esperan abrir pronto la aplicación a nuevos modelos de teléfonos, Robert Scobble hace una muy animada reseña del servicio que por cierto creo que aún no podemos usar [...]
December 20th, 2007 at 1:53 am
[...] competition they just got though is from Qik, see my Profile here. Robert Scoble recently blogged about them. When you do a live feed on your Kyte.tv Nokia app you just send pictures, on Qik you [...]
December 26th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
[...] is so easy it’s stupid. Robert Scoble blurbed about Qik a few weeks ago and it took me that long to get my invite and actually try the service [...]
December 28th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
[...] I have to admit that I’m an avid reader of Robert Scoble’s blog. I love him because he has buckets of geek enthusiasm for new technology. He’s always pumping me up about some new Internet thingamajig like Qik’s new video streaming service. [...]
January 1st, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Hey i love naked sexy kids and childporn and toddlerporn yummy.
January 2nd, 2008 at 4:25 am
[...] with it (only works with Nokia phones at present) but I like the concept and the feedback from the early adopters online is overwhelmingly positive… It got me thinking, as camera phones and video [...]
January 2nd, 2008 at 10:39 am
[...] Qik streams the video directly to the site, with only a 5-second delay. Robert Scoble has gone crazy about [...]
January 2nd, 2008 at 7:14 pm
[...] more of us other than the hardcore video bloggers like iJustine to give it a try. Scoble has been saying good things about Qik - which allows video blogging directly from your phone. Might this be a glimpse into how [...]
January 10th, 2008 at 7:06 am
[...] video from his mobile phone via a service called Qik. You can see the videos he has shot here. He comments: “My world has just changed. Thanks Qik!… The quality isn’t the best, but it’s [...]
January 10th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Is http://www.qik.com down?
March 10th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
[...] Time Video Streaming The live video streaming is now possible using a cell phone. Scoble describes how he can use his Nokia N95 and services from Qik network to stream live video from his [...]
March 21st, 2008 at 8:01 am
so, how long did it take to receive the invite once you signed up? Like others, I’ve impatiently signed up several times with no invite to date, and it’s been months! I want to put my new N95-4 8GB NAM to serious work! ;) Can anyone spread the love with an invite?
feenin31 at hotmail
Thanks,
~TC