I decided to test Flixwagon’s assertion that they bring you ‘Your Life…Live!’ I wanted to see just how ‘live’ their video broadcasting from mobile was. I was pretty shocked at just how NOT live they are. Over WiFi they were running about a 30 second delay from the genesis of an event to when it hits the web! WARNING: It takes a while to get to the actual test, it begins right before the 2 minute mark, but have a look for yourself:
A few weeks ago I did a similar test of Qik and have to say that they fared better. They ran about a 3-5 second delay over WiFi and anywhere from a 9-45 second delay over a 3.5G connection.
But none stand up to Next2Friends in their ability to deliver events to the web AS THEY HAPPEN. Have a look at Next2Friends over WiFi:
And here is Next2Friends over a 3.5G connection. Notice that the delay is almost indistinguishable between the two:
Next2Friends is the only one to deliver TRUE LIVE from mobile so far! We’re finding more and more people who seem to care. Do you?
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June 22nd, 2008 at 3:18 am
Well it is interesting that they use the word live. I have used them and qik. I have as of yet to try next2friends. I must say I think the concept of next2friends is better. And “live” is always better than not “live” but sold as if it is.