Qik

A TV reporter by the name of Jeremy Jojola in Albuquerque, New Mexico recently attempted to use a jailbroken iPhone running the full version of the Qik live streaming app to broadcast a news story on-site for KOB-TV. The audio and video quality obviously aren't as great as you would get with the standard TV gear, but it got the job done and demonstrates the usefulness of being able to live stream on your iPhone. Video after the break.

An update to the Qik iPhone application has been released to the App Store that removes the restriction to WiFi only for uploading video. When it was first released, it allowed users to upload to Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Qik, but only over a WiFi network. Now the app has been updated to allow uploading to take place over 3G and EDGE data networks as well. It still can't stream video, but the restriction's removal is a good start.

After nearly a year of underground development, Qik has released their first app to the App Store. For those unfamiliar with the company, Qik allows you to stream live video from a mobile phone to Qik's website. Viewers of the live stream can send messages to the streamer which then appear on his or her iPhone, allowing an interactive experience on both ends. Unfortunately due to restrictions by Apple (or more likely AT&T), Qik for iPhone only allows you to upload videos from your camera roll to Qik's website over Wi-Fi. An update is on its way to allow uploading over 3G.

Available now for free, Qik for iPhone [App Store] only works with the iPhone 3G S (for obvious reasons).

Thanks to Ben for the tip!

Flash video support on the iPhone can be a real pain, especially when you want to watch someone's video on a site like Qik.Thankfully they have heard out frustration and have launched a mobile version of their website with QuickTime-formatted videos that can be watched from the Mobile Safari browser.

Digg co-founder and Apple rumor-monger Kevin Rose has recently released a video demonstrating Qik running on a "jailed" iPhone. The video shows some of the vast improvements Qik has made to their iPhone client over the past couple of weeks in terms of UI and core functionality. In addition to the application's improvements, Qik has also managed to get the beta version of their app out to testers without requiring them to jailbreak their iPhones.

Below is Rose's video of the application in action:

On Wednesday, Qik released version 0.3.02 of its video streaming app for the iPhone which now supports both the iPhone 2.0 software and iPhone 3G. Using the new version, iPhone 3G users can stream live video over a 3G network, as the app now works with both WiFi or 3G. Additionally, the new version has a few new exciting features. Alongside more video options, you can now tweet your stream on demand, make a stream private, mute your mic, and hide the chat window.

Visiting the Qik booth at New Media Expo, I was able to get a demo of the app from Qik themselves. The app has been vastly improved since the version I played with a couple months ago. It still has the well deserved "beta" designation, but it's definitely worth looking at.

A while back, Qik announced that they had begun private beta testing of their live streaming app for the iPhone. The app worked for the most part in its beta form, although it was only available to a select few (we had a chance to play with it). Thankfully, Qik has just announced that the application will be released to the public via Installer.app, with one fairly significant caveat. Although we'll be getting Installer for iPhone 2.0, the Qik app isn't ready for 2.0, which means it only works on phones loaded with 1.1.4.

As Thursday comes to an end, the guys from iPhone Alley are heading down to the local Apple Store to wait in line for the iPhone 3G. Thanks to the fantastic folks at Qik, we'll be streaming much of our experience live over the web. You'll be able to watch and interact with us as we lose our minds waiting in line, buy our iPhones, and touch them for the first time. We're also going to try our best to drill the Apple employees with questions about the activation and setup process. We may even get some video of it going down.

So hit the jump to see our live stream. We'll jump on around 5:30 CST to waive goodbye before we hop into the car. At around 7PM, we'll start streaming from the Apple Store in Deer Park, IL. Come chat!

Kevin Rose is back again, but this time it's not with a prediction or rumor. He recently sat down with the CEO of Qik, the popular service that lets you stream live video from your mobile phone to the internet, and it's official: Qik will be coming to the iPhone. A video demo of it running on the device has been created, which you can view after the break.