That was Qik! After Ustream's debut in App Store, Qik submits streaming app

We were all a bit surprised when Ustream's free Live Broadcasting iPhone app [iTunes Link] was approved by Apple and tossed into the App Store yesterday. After all, it wasn't that long ago that it seemed that no streaming video apps would ever be approved for the iPhone platform due to AT&T's reluctance to have their network overwhelmed by self-produced live vidcasts of emo guitar players "broadcasting" from their unheated rent-controlled flats.

No sooner had the Ustream app magically appeared than we began to receive emails from Qik stating that they were submitting their streaming video app for approval. Qik currently has Qik for 3GS [Free, iTunes Link] in the app store, which allows recording and eventual uploading of video to their site, but not live video streaming. According to a blog post on the Qik site, the app has been resubmitted and the wait is on.

Having a choice of legal video streaming apps that don't require jailbroken iPhones will certainly open up a new chapter in the iPhone story.

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glad

I got the Ustream app on my iPhone 3G and wow it works really well and I know Tiger would love it!

December 11 2009 at 2:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

boom

Great! So what happened to the Hulu app that was "SUPPOSED" to be out 8 months ago?

December 10 2009 at 2:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Cris

That tiny 4% of high data users is going to go up... Haha.

December 10 2009 at 1:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

drpower

I would love a front facing camera. But what's interesting about the Ustream app is that it gives video to the iPhone 3G. Will this allow for other apps to be created to give the iPhone 3G video capability?

December 10 2009 at 12:33 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Steve.welter

Now that Apple lets us stream video I bet the next iPhone will probably have a front-facing camera for video-calls!!

December 10 2009 at 10:57 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

cecil

I don't see orb in the app store. Orblive is the app name. Nope. Nada. Not there.

December 10 2009 at 10:54 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Corey J Feldman

They have 3 apps listed in the app store.

Orbmedia - 4.99 full featured orb client

Live Events - Free which seems to stream internet web-cams and even content

OrbMusic - .99 which is orb limited to audio streaming

December 10 2009 at 1:09 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

cecil

Orb's website doesn't seem to match what's in the app store. Thanks for the info.

December 10 2009 at 1:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Corey J Feldman

I'm hesitant to say this for fear that it might change, but @soxneon is right, orb has been available for sometime in the app store and has always had streaming over 3g. They even have mac software now for those without a windows box. It works great.

December 10 2009 at 10:37 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

soxneon

I'd like to see 3G streaming in the EyeTV app. In fact, there was a "bug" in an early version which had a backdoor to stream 3G, but they were forced to submit a fixed version. Orb has had it since inception, so I'm not sure why some apps are granted permission and others aren't. Politics, maybe?

December 10 2009 at 9:52 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

When is Skype going to be updated to use over 3G?

December 10 2009 at 9:38 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

alex_dlc

whats with the giant search box?

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