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I Got Married And Streamed Live With Nokia N85

Mark Guim — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:24:38 +0000

Last Friday, Sheila and I went to the City Clerk’s office and got married. There were only six people in the room, but a few more people saw the short ceremony live. I asked her dad to hold the Nokia N85 to stream the event using the Qik application. Just like our engagement, I also used the Ping.fm service to announce it with the N85.

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Using the web browser on the Nokia N85, I went to m.ping.fm to tell my friends on Facebook, Twitter, and Jaiku that I’ll be streaming the ceremony. I posted the link to the Qik page where it will be shown. The people who clicked on the link that moment witnessed the whole thing live. Those who saw it moments later watched the recording. You can see it below.

As expected, it was a very quick, in-and-out ordeal. We will have a bigger ceremony in a couple years, but life is short, so we wanted to get officially married right away.

After watching the video, I noticed saying, “yes” instead of “I do.” Whoops. I also gave my right finger instead of my left for the wedding ring. Double whoops.

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Vlog: Qik Update .0898 Restores Videos

Mark Guim — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:17:30 +0000

I just noticed that Qik got updated to version .0898 while setting it up on the Nokia E71. One change I see is that it uploads restored files. I don’t exactly know what restored files are, but I’m guessing they are videos that did not get fully uploaded and Qik tries to resume it. I made a video with the new version and made another video making the video. Got it?

Qik restoring videos on the new version

Live Versus Edited

We have written about Qik a few times and there are several reasons why people like it. It’s not a hassle to get a video online. You click stream and the video goes up right away. Below are examples of two videos of the same event. One video was edited on my laptop before uploaded, while the Qik version is the real unedited version that was streamed and available right away. Notice the difference?

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Edited Video.

Unedited Qik Video.

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Live Vlog: Stream Live and Talk To Your Viewers With the Nokia Nseries

Mark Guim — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:10:53 +0000

We’ve praised Qik several times here at the Nokia blog, and here’s yet another Qik post. On my way home, I started streaming live while driving and noticed a question popped out in my screen. I replied and a short live conversation proceeded! This is a feature that not many phones are capable of.

As I got back home, I decided to check out the video quality of the stream and I was impressed. Even while driving down the highway, the quality was pretty good.

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I was using the North American Nokia N95 8GB (N95-4) connected to high speed 3G internet provided by AT&T in North America. A fast connection is necessary to keep the stream as close to live as possible. If you are in the United States and want to stream live from your phone, you’ll need either the Nokia N95 NAM (N95-3) or the Nokia N95 8GB NAM (N95-4) with an AT&T data plan.

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Live Vlog: Mark at the Park

Ninong Brown — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:25:35 +0000

Here we have a bunch of asians attempting to play ball. Our dear friend Mr. Nokia Blog himself is playing. Can you spot Mark playing ball? Peep after the jumpshot.

LOL, don’t hesitate to critique Mark and his game. This is presented to you by Qik running on my Nokia N95 NAM (Nokia N95-3), which I still say is the best streaming software for any mobile phone. You can read more about what I think of Qik in my review.