Last evening an update, version 0.9.56, was released for the Nokia smartphone (Symbian S60) client. This can be downloaded from your mobile browser by going to d.qik.com or starting Qik, which will then prompt you to upgrade. Key features included in this release are:
Enhanced sharing
Now you can share your videos directly from the phone.
- SMS: Go to Options > Share to share the link of the video with your friends and family using SMS.
- Ovi Share by Nokia: Share the video to your community on Ovi
- YouTube: Share the video to your community on YouTube
Save on roaming charges
Traveling? Qik not only consumes less bandwidth, but also enables you to Go Offline anytime enabling you to capture your video offline and then streaming it out when you are back home or in a WiFi area. To go offline anytime – just press Options > Go Offline. You can go Online anytime by pressing Options > Go Online.
If you are traveling for an extended period of time you can set to start Qik in Offline mode by pressing Options > Settings > Connection Mode, which provides the following options:
- Auto: When Qik starts, it will automatically detect and connect to your access point. This is the default.
- Always ask: When Qik starts, you’ll be prompted to connect to one of the available networks.
- Offline: When Qik starts, it will not connect to any network enabling you to capture your video in an offline mode and upload it later. You can go online anytime by pressing Options > Go Online.
Further, you can take advantage of our Boingo partnership – to connect to any of their tens of thousands of WiFi networks globally. To take advantage of this partnership, click here and stream video over wifi worldwide.
Innovative touch interface for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
On the touch phones, like Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, you can take advantage of an innovative touch interface enabling you to do most functions with one touch.
- Tap the center of the screen to surface commonly used functions
- Move your finger diagonally from the bottom-left to top-right to zoom
- Move your finger from bottom to top or vice versa to scroll chat.
Better battery performance
Plan to Qik for a long time? Go to Options > Settings and set Backlight to “System Default”. This will switch off the viewfinder backlight which can result in significant battery savings.
Go ahead give this version a spin and let us know what you think by sending an email to support@qik.com.