Kyte has just released its new Mobile Producer app into the App Store [iTunes link]. While it doesn’t require you have an iPhone 3GS, if you want to take advantage of its best feature, video, then you must have one. And if you do, I think you’ll be pretty pleased with how well it works.
The app, which is $4.99, is very simple. You boot it up, log in (or create a new account), and you’re taken to a screen where you put in a title for your “show” (what you’re about to broadcast). Below that are links to add video, a photo, and/or a link. If you choose to add a video you can easily take a new video, or use one you’ve already shot with your iPhone 3GS. The video capture functionality is fast and works just as well as the iPhone’s own video capturing app.
But the real killer features of the Kyte app are its upload speed and even more so, the quality of its videos. While I’ve already gone in depth about why I think video is the killer feature for the iPhone 3GS, based mainly on how well the videos shot on the device look, and how easily they are uploaded to YouTube. But in testing this app out today, I’d say that Kyte’s offering is at least as compelling from an ease-of-use perspective. The video upload was about as speedy as it was to YouTube, but it didn’t feature the annoying rendering time of the YouTube videos I’ve uploaded. And the video quality is noticeably better on Kyte than on YouTube when uploaded from the iPhone 3GS (see below).
One downside to recording the videos in the Kyte app is that they don’t save to your video library on the phone. The other downside is the price: As I mentioned, $4.99. But that’s to make it clear that Kyte is intending this app for its commercial publishers, we’re told. But any Kyte users is able to use it and really, $4.99 isn’t a bad price for a video app that works this well.
This offering is the latest in Kyte’s mobile strategy with regards to the iPhone. Last month, it rolled out a series of branded iPhone apps. Of course, as a live-streaming service, Kyte would love to be able to live-stream from the iPhone 3GS, but that’s still not allowed yet. Hopefully that will change one day.
wow…quality is amazing…if iPhone had a little bit of image stabilization it would be dangerous!!
very cool.. though I wonder why they don’t let you save it locally too? seems like a no-brainer to me
cant wait to see if qik can get approved for the 3gs or if we;ll have to jailbreak again
Time until youtube’s free version is released?
Demos like these aren’t helping with my “my first iPhone is my last iPhone” internal pep talk.
Saving a video file locally is such an obvious feature – you have to wonder why it’s not included. Like, did Apple do something silly like not allow 3rd party apps to save video to the iPhone’s HD?
I certainly hope not, and I’m aware that I could totally be blowing this out of proportion. It’s just that Apple never ceases to amaze me with the outrageous limitations that they’re willing to impose on us without batting an eye. As such, I’ve learned not to trust them. Go figure.
Anyway, I hope that we see video capture and upload apps from all the major video sharing services in the weeks to come, so I can take my pick after weighing my options.
Love it! Works perfectly. Slightly bummed the video isnt saved on my iphone but hey i’ll take what i can get.
Apple/ATT should really allow live streaming provided you were on WIFI.
Kyte’s app is the start of a whole slew of upcoming video capture empowered apps, can’t wait to see what comes next.
kyte is dead. no one cares….
Does the Kyte app just upload video after it is posted or is there a delay of a live stream? Their website doesn’t provide much details about the new app.
With Ustream’s partnership with Facebook, Kyte is basically dead. Scolble is slowly moving away…
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If you are a partner and have a Kyte Dashboard you can access the videos from their backend and use them for whatever you like. Hands down, still one of the best Tech out. I have one for every artist in my roster and many others in the rest of the company.