Streaming from mobile phones

Very quick post at the moment – been playing with streaming video from the N95. There are a number of services I’ve subscribed to including flixwagon, bambuser and qik

Thought I’d see what other people are thinking, there are pros and cons to each which I’ll look at later, so went to Trendpedia to see what was being said in the blog-o-sphere.

Here’s their graphical interpretation about which one is getting the most coverage from bloggers and web types.

Trednpaedia graph

Haven’t really used any of them enough to make my mind up yet – and don’t go looking for any vids there, embarrassed myself and deleted them.

But to be fair 66 people viewed my feeble Qik attempt at showing the web my untidy office and my favourite guitar (a Fenix telecaster copy with a nice thin neck, green burst if you are interested) and some kind soul from NYC even sent me a little greeting while I was working.

Have viewed some Bambuser streams belonging to Alison Gow, who blogs over at Headlines and Deadlines, and Joanna Geary and they were pretty cool (and worked!).

The comment facility was great with Joanna, even if I did end up making a stupid comment while she was supposed to be learning about the internet and modern journalism. (Memo to self, Twitter makes someone familiar – but remember you’ve not met them yet!)

Be interested to hear what anyone else is using and why – give me a shout, I’d be intriuged.

Comments

  • Hey Grom! Until last week I would have said I preferred Qik to Bambuser but I'm starting to think they have different strengths. I like using the webcam on the laptop for Bambuser - good to talk to people while you think, if you like - and I find the comments box really useful. But Qik is good for instant rection and (at the moment) I pick up more UK users. It was also easy to embed the film on my blog and on the work website.
    Final note, when I was streaming the TM editorial leaders lecture I had to go to Bambuser because Qik kept spitting me out. And if I'd been streaming a breaking news event when that happened I would NOT have been amused...
    Loving your work! ;D
    Alison
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