The Debut of Ustream Mobile? Ustream Mobile vs Qik on 3G (Video)

This news comes by way Greg Kumparak of MobileCrunch and features a demo of Ustream.tv beta mobile client competing with Qik in a side by side comparison of the two separate live streams from two Nokia N95s. The video was produced by wingerbb29 who gives thsi desctiption, "I test Ustream Mobile (beta) and Qik on 3G. Results = Ustream Mobile is live while Qik is extremely delayed."

Greg Kumparak says, "While details are still somewhat sparse, we’re hearing that Ustream.tv’s got at least one trick up their sleeve to make their offering stand out: drastically shorter delays in getting your live content onto viewer’s screen."

You can see for yourself in the video below.



Zach Epstein of Boy Genius Report says,"Under the presumption that the video above didn’t use any 3G/WiFi vs EDGE trickery, Ustream.tv is apparently working on a mobile streaming application with some pretty phenomenal efficiency. No, the world probably doesn’t need another mobile streaming app / service combo - the big three, Qik, Kyte, and FlixWagon , do a pretty good job of filling the need. Ustream.tv must have missed that memo however, because it is supposedly in the process of pushing its own solution out to market and from the looks of the demo video above, it might make a bit of a splash." - from Ustream.tv working on a Qik killer, maybe : Boy Genius Report

Greg Kumparak added that,"While no one’s really looking to share the secrets of their methods, we’re being told that Ustream.tv has shifted a good amount of the video transcoding process to the hardware, presumably for maximizing bandwidth and better utilizing free processor time on the handset." He also pointed out that Ustream mobile does not have chat support like Qik.

Robert Scoble who says he was Qik's first user is moving away from Qik and leaning more to Kyte for mobile broadcasting for several reasons which he stated in his comments on this related MobileCrunch post, Interview with Qik Co-Founder Bhaskar Roy: Competition, iPhone, and Android. He intimated that the chat room support in Qik is very poor compared to Ustream, Stickam, or Kyte.tv.

2008 has been a big year for live mobile broadcasting and the innovation and widespread use should continue into 2009. I've tried all the major live mobile broadcasting platforms and Qik is my personal favorite. Although with Ustream.tv's popularity its mobile client will be highly anticipated. More details should be coming soon.

You can also check out these other live mobile streaming applications from Stickam Mobile, Bambuser and MBIT.TV.

CenterNetworks: 10 Great and Fun Mobile Video and Photo Apps

Allen Stern from CenterNetworks reviewed "10 Great and Fun Mobile Video and Photo Apps" with several familiar names rounding out the list.

He says, "Mobile photo and video are game changers for individuals and news organizations. As more mobile devices (and carriers) are supported, this market is going to skyrocket. Here are 10 apps that are in the mobile photo and video space. Some are well known and some might be new to you, in any event, give them all a try! And as always add your own faves in the comments."

1. Flixwagon - live mobile streaming service, you can broadcast live or keep videos for later, upload to your blog, and much more.
2. Qik - live mobile streaming service made popular by Scoble, stream live video from your phone to the world!
   
3. Kyte - platform for producing channels of live streaming or uploaded shows in branded embedded player. Produce, broadcast, connect, monetize.
   
4. JuiceCaster - upload videos and photos from your mobile to your own widget and share on MySpace, Facebook and other sites.
5. Movino - live mobile video streaming onto your blog or Web site over 3G or WiFi, started as a University project as a proof of concept and released as Open Source applications.
   
6. mywaves - video content site with free videos for your phone
   
7. GoTV - watch TV on your mobile phone, 10 channels of cutting edge music and comedy
   
8. ITookThisOnMyPhone - a free service that automatically uploads photos and video to create on-line galleries of your mobile content
   
9. Phoja - a free "social photo discussion" service, where users can share photos and discuss about them with the rest of the community. It offers a community-driven Digg-like popularity index for all photo submissions.
   
10. Radar - instant picture and video sharing with your friends and contacts for community conversations.
    

- from CenterNetworks, April 5, 2008Here are a few more that didn't make it on the list:

• Shozu - your mobile phone and on-line life connected, upload photos and videos from your mobile, download friends' feeds, communit conversations, add tagsm descriptions, titles and Geo-tagging
• Bambuser - lets you broadcast live video from your mobile phone onto your website or blog