Archive for November, 2008

Support for Blackberry Curve 8310, 8330 and Pearl 8130

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

As we get closer to wrapping up the Thanksgiving weekend here at Qik – we wanted to provide more options to everyone to share their Thanksgiving dinners and Black Friday moments. Starting now, we have Alpha available for the following BlackBerry phones running Blackberry OS 4.5:
- Blackberry Curve 8310
- Blackberry Curve 8330
- Blackberry Pearl 8130

This is in addition to Blackberry Curve 8320, Blackberry Pearl 8120 and Blackberry Bold that we announced support for a month back.

If you have any questions or issues please let us know at blackberry@qik.com.

Nominate Qik for a Crunchie!

Monday, November 24th, 2008

As 2008 is winding down, the awards season is just beginning and nominations are now open for The Crunchies! We’d so appreciate it if you are enough of a Qik fan to nominate us as the Best Mobile app of the year.

You can vote simply by clicking the badge below. (You can also embed this on your own site or blog.)

Thanks again for all your support!

Qik.com on your iPhone

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

You can now experience most of the features available on the qik.com website directly from your iPhone and iPod Touch. To get started visit http://qik.com on your iPhone / iPod Touch.

Features available:
- View Hot Qiks, Top Qikkers
- View someone’s profile page by going to qik.com/[username]
- Search for Qiks
- Playback Qiks
- View location of the Qik (currently limited to Qiks streamed from iPhone)
- Login to view and edit your profile
- Add Title, Description, Tags to your Qiks
- Set Privacy for your Qiks
- Follow other Qikkers
- Share Qiks with Others

And much more…

HOT QIKS PAGE:

PROFILE PAGE:

Thanksgiving & Black Friday contest on Qik!

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Thanksgiving is here! The turkey, football games, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade and lots of time with loved ones are things that I am looking forward to this Thanksgiving, my first one in the US. Oh, and the Black Friday sales!

For all that will be happening on Thanksgiving and on Black Friday, we want Qiks of your fun and unforgettable holiday! Once again, we will be giving out a whole bunch of goodies for the best Thanksgiving moments on Qik. More swag and an iTunes gift card awaits the winner. Simply tag Thanksgiving08 to your Qik Videos – and you can check out your competition here.

Have fun and a happy Qikking Thanksgiving!

Vote for Qik in Mashable’s Open Web Awards!

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Thanks to your support, Qik has been selected for not one, but two categories in Mashable’s Open Web Awards! The categories include Video Sharing and Mobile Applications. Voting is currently open until November 30, 2008 and you can vote for your choice in a category once per day. We’d very much appreciate it if you would vote for us to win these categories. Remember, you can vote once per day for a company in each category so please show your support and keep coming back to vote for Qik!


You can vote directly from here in the widgets below (which you can also embed on your own blog or site if you want). Thanks, guys!

Thanks again for all your support!

Qik from multiple phones to a single account

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Have multiple phones that you’d like to use to stream to the same Qik account? Traveling to another country and have a different phone that you’d like to Qik from?

Well, now you can use multiple phones to stream to a single account as follows:

  1. Install Qik on your mobile device by visiting d.qik.com.
  2. For Nokia Symbian Series60 phones select “Existing User” and on the other phones select “Login”.
  3. Enter your qik username and password to start streaming to your existing account.

Happy qikking from one or more of the 70+ Qik supported phones :)

The BBC wants your Qik feedback

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Our friends at the BBC, who experimented with Qik throughout the US Elections, are curious to know what you think of their approach here. Check out this Qik from the BBC’s Jamillah Knowles, asking you to submit your own Qiks to tell them what you think they’re getting right, what you would change, and how you think they should be using your Qiks.



Let loose with your feedback!

Download & get qikking – right from your mobile phone

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

You can now download, install and start qikking right from your mobile phone by visiting http://d.qik.com or http://qik.com. Once there we’ll try to detect the device you have and present you with the option to download Qik for that device. If for some reason we can’t – you can choose the brand and the model of your phone to download Qik.

  

Once installed, the first time you start Qik, you can signup as a new user or stream to an existing account by entering your username / password.

  

The first proof point that hit it home for me was on November 6 at the Myspace Party after the Web 2.0 Summit. While we were rocking to a live performance by Lionel Richie – I met a person with a Nokia N95 and he was able to download Qik, create an account and start streaming in less than a minute.

Qik Halloween contest winner

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Thank you to everyone who shared their Halloween moments! We had very cool Qiks ranging from costume parties to families Qikking trick or treat outings to spooky décor that set the perfect mood for Halloween.

We have handpicked a winner for our Qik Halloween contest! The most entertaining (not to mention creepy) Halloween video we chose had blood oozing out of a mask – any better way to spook people this Halloween?

A goody bag of swag and $50 iTunes Voucher awaits our winner! To redeem your prize, sukh92 from Canada, simply email your name, address and cell phone number to audrey@qik.com. We will have your goodies shipped over in no time.

To everyone who contributed your Halloween Qiks, thanks again! You can check out lots of the October 31st contributions here. Below, our winner:

Vote for Qik in Mashable’s Open Web Awards!

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Mashable’s Open Web Awards are now open for nominations! We’d so appreciate it if you are enough of a Qik fan to nominate us in the Mobile Applications category.

Here’s how to nominate (breakdown adapted from Producteev‘s Ilan Abehassera‘s nomination steps):

  1. Go to the Mashable Open Web Awards.
  2. Select the Mobile Applications category.
  3. Enter Qik for the name of the company.
  4. Enter your email address and click submit.
  5. Finally, click the link that you receive by email to confirm your vote (and to avoid spam).

Thanks in advance for your support!