Have you ever wanted to do a video stream live from your own mobile phone?I recently had occasion to experience a service that lets me video stream live from anywhere. Now, for everyone who doesn’t have for example a N95+QIK phone, there is a live video streaming application that enables every single mobile phone, PDA, smartphone, UMPC computer to do video streaming anywhere.
Comvu beta service boasts to be the first live video broadcast streaming service developed for all 3G mobile phones and to all portable devices like UMPCs or Windows notebooks.Devices supported aside, I was just impressed at not only to the easy download process, but also by the simply installation that allows to starting with video stream live anywhere quickly. It means that no matter how far, your family and friends are, they can join in the fun as if they were there.
One of the better things is that PocktCaster live video stream is that it can be integrated on your WordPress blog, Youtube account, or Twitter as well.
Key Features
- Stream live from your mobile phone.
- You can upload any existing video clip recording.
- Download any video recording in a WMV or MOV file format.
- Embed any video live or streaming video recorder on your prefered blog.
- Select specific data rates for video streming.
- It allows to select if livecast are for private or pubblic access.
- GPS-map integration allows to track your moves in real-time anywhere(Support IE 6 or later)
- RSS support – create contacts and group lists.
How Does To Register
It doesn’t cost anything to sign-up for an ComVu account. Once registered you already logged in (the way to go!). You have two options to choose:
- Sign up & install software on phone,
- Sign up on PC & access software from mobile website.
All you need is to get a compatible mobile device with video recording ability. Below the list of mobile device platform are supported.
How To Get Started
Once you’ve signed for a free account, you are ready to download and install the PocketCastwer software on your mobile device. Done it! Well, now launches PockerCaster on your mobile device. Check your setting, and click on the start button and you are streaming live from your mobile phone.There are yes a lot of other buttons and functions but the basic operations can be learned quite rapidly without the need to read a manula.
System Requirements
- Windows Mobile 5/6
- Windows PocketPC 2003
- Windows CE
List Of Compatible Devices Supported
Here you can check which mobile phone be perfect for you. If your mobile device is not listed below, stay tuned. They have many more popular models coming soon using Symbian, Windows Mobile, Linux and Brew platforms.
PocketCaster
To give you a good idea of how PocketCaster works, you can chack out the following video created by PocketCaster team.
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What Network Connection Work Best?
I reccomend you to use the better wireless mobile connection you can get, with higher bandwidth for have a good video quality.
Encoding Quality Support
GPRS, 1xRTT, EDGE, UMTS, EV-DO, EV-D Rev.A, BGAN, WIFI, HSDPA, WiBro and WiMax
Conclusion
ComVu PocketCaster is a live video streaming service unique because enable a livecast can now fit into your pocket. It supports a huge number of mobile phones, UMPCs computers and even standard Windows noteboks as broadcasting stations. It’s definitely an idea and a service whose time has come.
