Flixwagon is a service similar to Qik that allows you to post video live from your Nokia 3G enabled phone to the Internet. There are some interesting differences between the two of them that I found in the trial moments I spent on Flixwagon.
- Flixwagon videos stream to the web, and stay on your phone. (+)
… Ok, that’s about it, actually.
I’ve only really been in one situation where I thought it would be awesome to have the video I just streamed up to Qik available to me for preview… But then I found out that Qik has a mobile site that I can watch what I just posted, and that eliminated that mess.
Given the “me being spoiled” with Qik factor, I don’t really see the benefits of switching services. Besides, there’s no means for me to post the video to Pownce, Mogulus or Seesmic via Flixwagon. In the end, I’d prefer to use Qik’s service for streaming, even if Flixwagon is the new and “improved” with the fancy feature of keeping it on the phone. That’s just my opinion though, I recommend downloading them both and giving them a try. Pick the one that makes you feel more awesome.
Actually, Flixwagon saves the video on the phone temporarily. After video is uploaded the phone’s memory is cleared.
As a blogger, you might want to use the FliXee widget in your blog to share your live and stored videos without the need to embed videos after taking them. The FliXee widget makes it easier especially when you’re out and about and don’t have the time to login and post the video that you just captured with your mobile.
Comment by Xen — May 18, 2008 @ 11:44 pm
Xen - Super neat! FliXee widget sounds great.
I’ll have to check it out more. I spent about… three hours messing with Flixwagon before writing this review, and didn’t check out FliXee.
For those of you that go to the site, the FliXee widget info/download is http://blog.flixwagon.com/2008/03/new-release-the-flixee-blogger.html
Comment by nrek — May 19, 2008 @ 8:53 am