Qik Live Recording Makes It To the iPhone (legally)
The live video streaming Qik application was approved on the App Store and should be available soon,we’ve learned.The company submitted the app a couple weeks ago following the approval of UStream’s live streaming application, and as expected, Apple also had no problem with it now. This marks a change from Apple, which previously was blocking all apps that did live video (recording) streaming.
Apparently, the way these workflow applications is to use a restricted API (a screen capture API) to circumvent the fact that Apple will not give them access to APIs of video capture and live.But Apple has suggested that it will no longer enforce protecting this API and in the future should open more that allow for live video streaming.
Also interesting will be AT&T’s reaction to this and other apps like it. Though they’re unlikely to say anything in defiance of Apple, they can’t like the idea of live streaming video apps being approved en masse.AT & T said in recent weeks that the widespread use of data on the iPhone is an issue that has led to degradation of the data.
Note: While Qik has had an iPhone app available in the App Store for a while, it previously did not allow you to live stream from your phone. This new version will.There was also previously an ad hoc version of the application, but this method of distribution was very limited.Again, look for the new version shortly it will be labeled
