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New Streaming Mobile Video Service Qiks Into Beta

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Qik.com has been ‘qiking’ around for some time but now they’ve kicked things into high gear and have opened up for a public beta. San Mateo, CA based Qik, which is pronounced ‘quick’ strangely enough, are makers of a mobile phone application made to allow users to stream video straight from their mobile phones to the web and then to other mobiles. This could make everyone a mobile journalist or life blogger if they have a video-capable mobile phone. The app is Twitter capable as well. Qik looks to want to be the leader in streaming mobile video. They are hoping that everyone with a video-enabled mobile phone will find and share compelling video with users around the world. At present the software app is almost exclusive to Nokia S60 phones but several other phones are compatible at present including Windows Mobile phones from Motorola and Samsung. There is also an alpha client for the iPhone 1.0 but it doesn’t look to be readily available and there’s no word as to when the 3G (iPhone 2.0) version will be ready either. Since video streaming will eat data bandwidth at a rapid pace they suggest you have an unlimited data plan which, along with the lack of compatible mobile phones will severely limit their user base at present. You can only sign up now if you have an active mobile number and are able to click the link and download and install the application. There is no web-based account signup or download of the application. The good news is that all streams are recorded and saved on the server which means you needn’t worry about filling up that 8GB on your Nokia N95 with video leaving no room for anything else like music and games. You can download the videos at a later time in FLV and 3GP format so you always have a copy of your videos if you want them at home. The Qik service shows a great new way to combine mobiles and the web and with the bandwidth bill probably beginning to pile up I’m certain they’ll b