Comvu - LIVE Mobile video broadcast from your mobile device

As part of the planning process for the events at the Torino Olympics with New Media BC, Mobile Muse and Raincity Studios, Kris and I met the folks at Comvu, yet another local Vancouver mobile company. They have a cool product: a way to broadcast from your mobile device (Windows Mobile only for now, but Linux and Symbian versions are coming soon, wish comvu had a blog :P so I could know more about what's happening because I know there's a fascinating story there that's not being told) LIVE to people on the Internet who can watch on their mobile devices or on a web browser on their desktops. A great complement to the timeshifting of videoblogging. In fact, apparently the live video is saved on server and has RSS so it could be video podcasted and blogged after the fact!

The Comvu demo was great. Wouldn't it be great if you could get this service bundled in with your mobile phone from your carrier for a reasonable monthly fee? Wouldn't it be great if you could see a demo of this during the Olympics and see how we can broadcast from our mobile devices from Torino to Vancouver and Vancouver to Torino? Well it's not a pipe dream; we'll do our best to make it a reality soon hopefully during the Olympics timeframe! And of course I am working to get them to give a demo at MoMoVan say in March or April.

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video cast live from treo 755p

will broadcasting ever be possible on a treo 755p?

Hmm... not to sound all

Hmm... not to sound all negative or anything, but streaming video has typically proven to be very uninteresting beyond the 'oh, wow - look streaming video' factor. There are some great uses for it, but I'd hazard to guess that they are few and far between. Live video on TV (beyond sporting events, debates, etc) generally isn't that interesting, nor did it prove to be anymore interesting on the web a few years back. Editorial is essential for audio and video content to really be of any benefit/interest to most end-users/consumers. I would however love to be completely blown away by their demo at an upcoming Mobile Monday Vancouver event - potentially April or May?
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and yes a demo in april or may should work for MoMoVan

n/t
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i agree with u BUT

the fact that the video is archived and can be podcasted later make it a lot more compelling to me!

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