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This article was published on August 26, 2009

TV Reporter uses iPhone and Qik to report live


TV Reporter uses iPhone and Qik to report live
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Former CEO of The Next Web. A fan of startups, entrepreneurship, getting things done faster, penning the occasional blog post, taking photos Former CEO of The Next Web. A fan of startups, entrepreneurship, getting things done faster, penning the occasional blog post, taking photos, designing, listening to good music and making lurrrve.

Picture 10A TV reporter reporting on the rise of iPhone app decided decided it would be appropriate to use the iPhone to report (part of) the story.

Although by no means great quality, he did manage to pull it off and highlight the potential for mobile devices to replace the big vans, antennas and film crews usually in place when reporting a story.

Qik is available via the app store but unfortunately Apple/AT&T has not made it possible for the live video company to make that particular feature work. The version the reporter is using is the jailbroken version.

This is the full report if you’re interested. The geek gang is rather amusing…

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