Qik is one of my favorite service when it comes to Live streaming because it is quick, easy and fast. Qik works from almost all smartphones available today – iPhone, Android or Nokia etc. Qik is a service that enables me to stream videos from my mobile device to the web as they’re happening live. You may not know but Qik works from your iPhone 3G too if you have it jailbroken, whereas officially it is available for 3GS only.
Most of these live videos are short (1 to 2 minute average), and if you’re sending them out over a service like Twitter, because of the slow API most of the people will only see the recording, not the live video. This is obviously a problem for something which is created for Live streaming. So Qik came up with a faster solution – Qik-in-Touch.
Qik-in-Touch is a desktop application that runs on Adobe Air. Once you start this app, it resides in the background until one of your Qik contacts starts recording a live video. When that happens, Qik-in-Touch pops up on your screen to show you the video as it’s happening live. It’s a much more direct, and more importantly, faster way of connecting you with live Qik videos.
The application, which is in private beta, also allows you to easily favorite videos, browse your own videos, and watch other live videos happening around the web with QikTV. And this app requires no new mobile software of any kind — it will work with all the existing mobile clients just as they are. The only difference will be in your viewing experience, through the Air app rather than the website.
[via TechCrunch]
We at Knowliz have given Qik-in-touch a quick spin. Being in early beta, it obviously needs some polishing, but the overall experience is really good. The videos load fast, you can view them full screen, chat with your contacts right on the video. Once all your contacts and family members have Qik-in-touch, you would no longer need to share live video URLs because as soon as you start broadcasting, they will see a pop-up to view it. You can also watch other Qik videos from QikTV and your contacts. Since it is an Adobe Air app so it works with Windows, Mac and Linux.
Give it a try…if you need invite, let me know in comments or on Twitter. Once you give it a try, do share your experience with us.
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