Feb 28 2011
By
Dana | Filled under:
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It relays live video from your mobile phone

Imagine recording and real-time sharing with friends how good you’re having a concert or how spectacular the view from a summit in the Swiss Alps. With programs like Qik, Ustream and Bambusa all videos you record will live on your own Internet TV channel.
Broadcast live video from the webcam in your computer or from an external camera connected to your PC is as normal today. The same concept led to the mobile becomes full of potential alternative and more functional.
Why?
The idea is to use the Internet from your mobile phone to share experiences with other people, live and from anywhere in the world.
Moreover, such programs can also post videos on Youtube or Vimeo to be available for longer.
How do they work?
After registering at Qik , Bambusa or Ustream assign you your own channel within the service with a unique address to share it with anyone you want. In this channel will show the videos you capture if they choose.
In this way, so that your friends and family see live what you are recording just pass this link on your channel. It’s that simple.
Who can view your videos?
Both Qik and Bambusa allow you to set the privacy of emissions. You can limit your content to anyone you want or issue for everyone if you think there may be people interested in following your adventures.
In addition to sharing your experiences, these are excellent platforms to exploit your creativity, promote videocasts or simply show the world what you want.
Quality problems
For now, the image quality of these issues leaves much to be desired. Depending on the platform, the phone, network and get the program used more or less quality. The same goes for the delay: live broadcast, yes, but a few seconds delay …
Another negative aspect is that, in general, these applications tend to consume lots of resources and bandwidth.
What phones can do this?
Qik has a version for Android , Symbian , Blackberry and iPhone .
Bambuser dispone de versiones the Android , Symbian , iPhone y Windows Mobile .
Ustream has applications for iPhone , Android and Symbian.
Also, if you do not want the phone bill you for an upset at the end of the month is highly recommended to have a good data plan with your carrier.
What else can you do?
Among the potential of these services, the geotagging which is that, during the broadcast is detected and sends information about your geographic location . Thus, if you travel and send videos to your friends can finally know where you been.
Another common features in these programs is to incorporate a chat in which your audience can communicate with you.
Qik, Bambuser o Ustream
These three services are best run at this time. Depending on the version and platform quality emissions varies . Anyway, we invite you to try and send your verdict.
Qik was the first to arrive and the Symbian version is very popular. Among its virtues include privacy options, integration with Facebook and Twitter to warn your emissions or chat in real time.
Bambusa is like Spotify, a product "Made in Sweden ". It also works with the major social networks and has a very simple to use. Only serves to make streaming from mobile devices.
Ustream has a longer history of video broadcasts over the Internet, but less experience in the mobile domain. In our tests had very good results in terms of delay in the release.
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