Inspired by Ton and Robert, I’ve been playing with Qik, an application that runs on my [[Nokia N95]] mobile phone that can stream live video from phone to the Internet. Here’s a video of Qik in operation:
Here’s the video I streamed live on Qik and here’s an RSS feed of all my Qik videos.
While it’s been possible to shoot video on mobile phones for a while, and it’s been possible to upload that video to places like YouTube and Google Video, using Qik takes the process to a whole other level: there’s literally nothing you need to do to make it work: you just turn it on and stream. So no transferring from phone to computer, worrying about format conversion, waiting for the video to upload: you just hit “Stream” on the phone, and you’re broadcasting.
Which means that the 4 ounce device in my pocket can now reflect my immediate surroundings to the world at large more quickly than almost any other technology.
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