Qik, the online video streaming program is now available for select Blackberry devices. Currently in alpha, Qik works pretty well with devices like Bold, Pearl (8120 & 8130) and Curve (8320 & 8330). Company says with the continued improvement, the Blackberry app is on its way to enter the beta stage in a few weeks adding support for more devices.
Qik is already available for devices running on Mac OS X, Windows Mobile, Java and Symbian platforms. New Qikkers can sign up whereas existent ones can go to this URL from their Blackberry device to download, login and stream videos.
Some notes about the alpha release:
– When you start Qik, a screen is shown with just one button – Stream. Press the center button to start streaming. This will bring up the camera application and you’ll be off streaming live to the web. When you are ready to stop, just press the center button again.
– Depending on the network condition, after you press stop, you may see a progress % on the top right hand corner indicating the video that is left to be sent. It is advised to wait for the stream to be completely uploaded prior to streaming again.
– In this version, the chat does not show up overlayed on the camera.
– For best performance, use BlackBerry OS 4.5 and above.
– Your BlackBerry should have a SD card and video capture should be set to the directory: SDCard/Blackberry/Videos.
– The video capturing mode should not be set to the MMS mode.
– Make sure that the TCP setting is set correctly as per the operator.
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