Wall Street Journal reported on how cell phones are getting lot smarter. In the report titled “Coming Soon to a Phone Near You: Your cellphone is about to get a lot smarter. Here’s what to expect in the months ahead.” Qik was featured as the application for sending videos from cell phones. The article can be found here.
To quote:
"Sending Video
A bunch of services let you stream live video footage from your phone to a computer over the Internet, so you can share live images of, say, a concert or a scenic vista. Now one of those services — Visivo Communications Inc.’s Qik of Foster City, Calif. — is also working on technology that lets you send that live feed to someone else’s phone.
The service will work on any video-capable phone, but anyone who wants to stream the video has to download a small application. Qik does a number of behind-the-scenes tricks to make the service work more smoothly. To improve the playback quality — particularly in areas with slow wireless connections — Qik’s servers process the footage before sending it along."
Qik is also highlighted in the video below:
