Qik on HTC Evo 4G

[pingpongboss]

YouTube - Qik on HTC Evo 4G

Vid taken from Motorola Droid.

Playing around with Qik for a bit. I was under the impression that Qik is supposed to provide 2-way "vid chat", which it doesn't. It uses your Evo's FRONT camera (not the 8 megapixel cam on the back) or BACK camera to stream a live video to the web.

As you can see, there is noticeable lag. I don't think it's possible to view the live stream on another smartphone using either the browser or Qik. I can only view my live video feed from my desktop.

 

[wase4711]

i dont think they have released the video chat software for the evo yet;
I've used it on my Incredible for a few weeks, and it works very nice, but the video chat software is supposed to be completely different than the "regular" Qik..

 

[jtemple42000]

wase is correct, the two way video chat software is not currently available.

I would imagine that even after the actual video chat software is available, it will probably still have some issues.

I have been using Qik for a few years. It's fun to use once in a while, but seemed to lag about 30-60 seconds behind on the web page. Maybe if I had the 4g coverage it may work better or maybe not. The software has a buffer that it fills before it starts to upload to the web page. After I stop recording, it usually continues to upload of another 30-60 seconds. That is were the lag you are talking about comes from.

 

[NiCK Crush]

that looks pretty cool

 

[pingpongboss]

Hmm interesting. I can't wait until the actual 2-way video chat client arrives.

 

[Aridon]

Well two buffers could easily account for 30-60 second lag.

 

[jvs60]

in the pocket now apps review they show the video chat app working on that phone

 

[Nathy321]

yea starting June 4, Qik will have mobile to mobile video chat, and mobile to PC as well, it's not available as of yet