Seven months after we first saw video on the iPhone in action, Flixwagon appears to have beaten its better-known rival Qik to the punch by getting its streaming video service to work on unlocked iPhones (or at least by demonstrating to the public first that it has done so).
Qik is undoubtedly looking to support the iPhone but has so far been rather noncommittal. Perhaps it was waiting to see whether the new generation iPhone would have native support for video so the company wouldn’t have to hack its still camera functionality (which Flixwagon must have done since neither the current nor forthcoming model records video).
Don’t expect to see Flixwagon iPhone support rolled out to alpha testers until early July, perhaps when the official app store goes live on the 11th. If you’re interested in broadcasting from your iPhone or any other device, you can email Flixwagon at techcrunch@flixwagon.com and they’ll give you priority access to the service.
See the video below for a demonstration of Flixwagon on the iPhone. All iPhone broadcasts can also be found here.
Update: Qik has counter-punched by promising to release its iPhone support next week.
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What’s the point of officially supporting a pirated service like unlocked iPhones?
Can somebody clear this up for me?
App Store version wouldn’t be pirated. Assuming right now is for testing purposes.
Apple will not allow this over cell networks. If they do allow it on AppStore, it will be relegated for WiFi only access.
i love flixwagon
WOW!! Incredible work by those guys and mad props.
Can’t wait to check it out. Much better than Windows Mobile..
Sweet! Kudos FW–
I personally think mobile broadcasting from a cellphone has the potential to be tremendous and mainstream. The work done by Flixwagon and others to push this market forward has been tremendous. It is great to see solid technology companies pushing the limits. A capability like this has the potential to change society and massive consumer behavior.
Well done to Flixwagon and the other players as well.
wow, this is pretty huge
This is amazing!!! Grate news for all of us - iPhone addicts who desperately want to join the live broadcasting revolution. Hope Apple embarrasses this service pronto!
As long as video can be taken and stored, the wifi-only limitation can be minimized. Nothing beats a jailbroken phone though.
Gets my VOTE, for official app store. {seesmic_video:{”url_thumbnail”:{”value”:”http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/Aiw3dMBtxu_th1.jpg”}”title”:{”value”:”Gets my VOTE, for official app store. ”}”videoUri”:{”value”:”http://www.seesmic.com/video/Nq2MgSmt3P”}}}
kevin rose just posted this, QIK on the iPhone!
http://pownce.com/kevin/notes/2451653/
To anyone who was dissapointed by the 3G lack of video …this is amazing. Love Flixwagon’s service on my Nokia N95 (which works for me wheb I travel overseas too!) but this is even sweeeeter. Now if only AT&T would offer a service worth paying for I may actually finally get that iToy…
It sure looks like, by having to hack the iPhone for video capability, the framerate really suffers. What is that, like 5fps?
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