I've always like the idea of being able to stream live content from my smart (Android) phone for others to view on the Internet, you know the same way you would stream live from your web cam on your computer.
I did some research online and the two most popular webcasting applications come from UstreamTV for Android and JustinTV for Android, both allow you to stream live from your Android smart phone and both offer the ability to promote your life broadcast to Facebook and Twitter for anyone to view once you go live.
I have spent a few days playing around with both applications to see which one offers the best video quality over 3G connectivity, I own a Motorola Droid with Verizonwireless as my carrier.
So I record some video while out at the beach riding my bike on a nice warm and sunny day. Below you see see two video clips from the UstreamTV and JustinTV applications.
Video streaming by Ustream
As you can see the UstreamTV seems to be choppy and very poor in quality.
Watch live video from motodroidlive on Justin.tv
Here you see the JustinTV seems to be a bit more stable and has better quality over the 3G connectivity.
So what do you all think, is the JustinTV application the better choice when it comes to broadcasting over 3G service?
Which is better? Vote Here!
Let me know which one is better UstreamTV or JustinTV?
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Twitter for Android
Yesterday, Twitter launched a new version of Twitter for Android. It looks and feels more like the other official Twitter applications and provides a more consistent experience across platforms and devices.
One of the new features is the ability to use Twitter for Android even if you haven’t signed in or don’t have an account. You can view trends, browse your interests and see suggested users in several categories, or search to find out what people are saying about topics you care about. You can now also sign up for Twitter from within the application.
Twitter also introduced universal search to this version of Twitter for Android. This means that when you search, you can find Tweets with the term you’re looking for, Tweets sent by people near your location, or people whose user names include that term. The search section also has a special new feature that will allow you to scan your address book to find which of your friends, who have chosen to be discoverable, are also on Twitter.
This is a great improvement from the prior versions of Twitter for Android, if you own an Android phone and love to tweet go download this application.
One of the new features is the ability to use Twitter for Android even if you haven’t signed in or don’t have an account. You can view trends, browse your interests and see suggested users in several categories, or search to find out what people are saying about topics you care about. You can now also sign up for Twitter from within the application.
Twitter also introduced universal search to this version of Twitter for Android. This means that when you search, you can find Tweets with the term you’re looking for, Tweets sent by people near your location, or people whose user names include that term. The search section also has a special new feature that will allow you to scan your address book to find which of your friends, who have chosen to be discoverable, are also on Twitter.
This is a great improvement from the prior versions of Twitter for Android, if you own an Android phone and love to tweet go download this application.
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