Qik Hits App Store

By SRASC at 16 August, 2009, 10:31 pm

Qik, a popular iPhone application to stream live video, has arrived in the App Store without streaming capabilities.

Unfortunately, the company has had to seriously restrict the app’s capabilities in order to get approved by Apple. Currently, the application only works over Wi-Fi, though a 3G version has been submitted for approval.

Here’s what it can do…

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Upload videos from your iPhone’s Camera Roll
First, this version of Qik allows you to pull videos right from your iPhone 3GS Camera Roll and upload them to your Qik account. So if you’ve recorded videos with the iPhone 3GS native camera, you can share those via Qik, too. Qik is the only iPhone 3GS app to let you share videos from your camera roll straight to your blog, website, Facebook, YouTube, and all the other networks Qik integrates with.

Automatic uploading
Once you’ve stopped recording, your video upload begins automatically - without the hassle of pushing any more buttons or filling out any form fields.

Shoot video in portrait or landscape mode
Qik is the first mobile video app to let you frame your videos either horizontally or vertically. w00t!

Location sharing while uploading video
Finally, Qik is the only iPhone 3GS mobile video app that lets you share your location while streaming video from your phone. So if you’re partying downtown, you don’t need to give your friends any address or directions - they can just check out the location information from your Qik stream to see where you are and join in the fun. (Of course, if you really don’t want them crashing the party, you can turn off the location sharing feature. Smile )
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This version of Qik is available free from the App Store. For those with jailbroken iPhones you can download the fully functional version using Cydia.