LiveCliq – iPhone Application
After posting on here about my favourite and recommended iPhone applications available fora jailbroken iPhone I was contacted by one of the developers of the site and application 'LIVECLIQ - Your Life in Motion' telling me about their application and asking me to check it out. I have now finally had a chance to do this so this is what the developer told me about the application followed by what I thought of the application.
From one of the application developers:
On iPhone there are main possibilities to stream videos directly online, record them and put them online later (for example when you are in wifi area and save money if you are on expensive data package) and also take photos and upload them online, so we have covered all three areas. If you already tried it out you could notice we put a lot of effort into video and audio quality (we refined audio filters in application using professional lines of microphones, but we did this with other phones which allows to plug the mic, but filtering coding audio is the same used in iPhone. This is also one drawback because it makes bigger stream that's why is slower transfer
comparing to qik. To start using it is iPhone all you need as you can register directly inside app and start streaming around. This is very convenient as you can share with other friends and they don't need to go on website to register. We are trying to make it as much as possible user friendly and intuitive. Also you can make your posts directly posted on twitter, by appending tw tag inside tags and is going to be posted immediately link on your twitter but this you need to connect twitter account on your profile.
So for web part there is advanced playlist editor for communities, simply create and make parameters also works for photos as you can make slideshows or mix both of them together. And after you have embed code to other sites and besides player you can have playlist or community library inside. Besides we have also Magellan feature, where you can see video stream shown on globe or on earth map, easily search them around based on location or see where are new streams coming from. You can also share video content to various services available online.
I have now got an account on both Qik and on LIVECLIQ. I know I will be using LIVECLIQ and my reasons for this are as follows:
- Video and Stream quality on each applications seem similar
- Audio quality is slightly better on LIVECLIQ in my opinion
- The website and application work and look a lot slicker and stylish than the services provided by QIK
- The ability to also take photos
- Finally the ability to record then upload rather than stream directly is a awesome feature
Some information in regards to the application:
How to install on iPhone:
To receive this application on your iPhone your iPhone will have to be jailbroken as this application is not available on the app store. I assume this is something to do with iPhone 3G not having any video features on the standard Apple software. To install simply follow the steps below:
- Open up Cydia (Usually installed when JailBreaking iPhone)
- Go to the 'Search' option
- Type on 'livecliq'
- Select 'Install'
- From here complete all the confirmation screens.
Once the application has been installed you will need an acount on the LIVECLIQ site. You can do this form the application or from your PC your call. I will recommend using a PC if you can as it is a lot quicker. For all of you people who are concious of the spcae on your iPhone this application is rather small weighing in at an amazing 486.9kb
The site also offers great sharing features by allowing you to connect your account to twitter. I just hope with the website they do some URL rewrites to make the URL more user friendly. So links do not appear as:
http://www.livecliq.net/users/142004
Rather appear as:
http://www.livecliq.net/users/usernamehere
Before I go on to big this application up to much I will say that there some times are a bit of lag in the posting of pictures and didn't look like the application was doing anything but nothing a bit of patience will not resolve. Secondly I tested the streaming of this application over a strong WiFi connection and not over 3G or the Edge network. I will use it eventually I'm sure but I am going to assume these features work just as well as over WiFi.
Check it out and enjoy this apaplication and remove Qik from your iPhone. This application has huge potential so share it with Friends and Family. If your interested in my steams/photos/videos please do check out my LIVECLIQ account. I wanted to embed the video on my site to show you guys, but could not find an embed link on the site. I hope this will either become clearer or a feature which will be added.
I don't feel like looking through the source to get the embed link.
This application is available for other phone patforms.
Great post, i hope it is going to be useful for you in daily life