This morning I came across a fascinating article from last year about ComVu PocketCaster, an application that facilitates LIVE (yes, live – as in right this second as it is happening) videocasting from a mobile device (such as my brand new Cingular 8125). The article is from my all time favorite newsletters at Springwise.com. Springwise aggregates and presents mind bending ideas and trends sent in by their vast global trend spotting network – I'm one of 8,000 registered springspotters, too 🙂
So, I immediately signed up for a free account on ComVu (still free while in beta), downloaded the software to my laptop, synced my device to load the software, opened the software on my device and selected the "start" button which started the LIVE videocast. Within less than 5 minutes, I had signed up and was streaming LIVE video from my mobile phone that could be accessed at the same moment by anyone with an Internet connection – absolutely mind blowing to me. While I have seen plenty of other "on demand" archived videocasting options (and of course live webcasts from a PC), this is the first LIVE streamed option I have come across for use with mobile phones.
I also saved my first try (well second try, as my actor wasn't very "cheery" in the first try) with their "archive" option, so you can see the results. I used the lowest resolution, so the video quality is not great. With the ComVu account, you also get your own URL to share the live and archived videos and you are provided a quick link to post the video to popular blog accounts (like Blogger) and an RSS feed to your archived video page. How amazing, huh?
Great find Jennifer!
Just tried the Pocketcaster service out on my Nokia N80 – friggin awesome ! Live video,posts to everything, GPS tags, you name they've thrown it in their system. Can't believe these guys aren't better known – this is the coolest thing I've yet seen in mobile!