Qik for iPhone launches…sort of
If you’ve been waiting for the public release of Qik’s streaming video service for your iPhone, you’re in luck….though there is a serious caveat. The company has launched its mobile video application for all to use, but it’s only available through installer.app running on OS 1.1.4. What this means, effectively, is that the only people that will have access to the awesomeness that is Qik streaming on the iPhone are those folks that have been hiding an iPhone 2G under their mattress for the past month. Anyone that upgraded to 2.0 (read: everyone) and current iPhone 3G owners are SOL. So sad. Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t seem to be moving too quickly towards sanctioning video support for the on-board camera, so hope of an App Store appearance is relatively slim. Walled garden=frustration.
I’m looking forward to this app… but no way in hell am I downgrading from 2.0 software.
umm, myself and several people i know are still using 1.1.4 on our iphones, if only because of SwirlyMMS. God forbid our smartphones in 2008 have picture message ability. I definitely want to go to 2.0 eventually but the lack of mms is a deal-breaker.
@henry
“Crazy how people in 2008 still use picture messaging”
Fixed
The real question is when installer.app will be ready to go on FW 2.0+
Cydia’s ok, but just not the same…
Flixwagon’s iPhone alpha for 1.1.4 has been out since early last week, feel free to check it out.
iPhone 2.0 version coming soon.
http://blog.flixwagon.com/2008/07/flixwagon-iphone-alpha-is-now.html