41 responses to “Droid + Qik = Uber Video”

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   Marisa Strupp November 19th, 2009 at 08:25

   The Droid live streaming isn’t that bad either. You can however see a difference between the OWL and the phone. It’s interesting that you can use the attached microphone on your phone. Not bad Droid.

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   Jake Vanhooser November 19th, 2009 at 08:59

   Well the simplicity of uploading the video seems nice but I don’t think the quality of the video is as good as an actualy video camera. But I am impressed with how the technology is getting so advanced with these new cell phones.

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   Zacheriah Ruggles November 19th, 2009 at 09:07

   The droid and iphone seem to both have their advantages over each other, I say this because I have been trying to figure out which one is better and still don’t have a logical answer. Either way they can both do some amazing things!

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   Chris Cookley November 19th, 2009 at 09:53

   The video looks about how I would expect a cell phone’s video to look. It doesn’t look great, but it gets the job done. The technology they have implemented to be able to stream video live like that is excellent. Hopefully as time progresses we will be able to do the same sort of thing with HD cameras.

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   Kyle Chen November 19th, 2009 at 10:00

   Very very cool, just downloaded it for iPhone, gonna try it out sometime

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   Theresa Reinhart November 19th, 2009 at 10:20

   I think it is so crazy to see how technology has changed so much so quickly. Hank said it was only a couple semesters ago that a previous technology was used using a Canon video camera. Now we are using cell phones to stream better-quality videos in a substantial less amount of time. I am anxious to see where we will go from here and how we will go about this same process in 2, 5, or 10 years.

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   Olivia Freeman November 19th, 2009 at 10:24

   The droid is very good as just a phone, even though the lighting is pretty dark [only complaint]. Its awesome that there is now a phone where it is extremely easy to stream video from phone to internet. AWESOME. I can only imagine how our society will be in the next 5 years. madness!

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   Erica Lied November 19th, 2009 at 10:46

   I think the droid is an amazing phone. I was very disappointed in the video quality tho. I understand that the iphone video shown to us in class had the added OWLE but its quality was 100X better. I think that because of the comparison the Droid is going to have to step it up!

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   Michael Mullen November 19th, 2009 at 11:09

   It seems very simple to use but is that worth sacrificing quality?

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    Jim Smith November 19th, 2009 at 11:27

    Thats pretty cool! Kind of sounds like you have figured out which one you like better!

    And as far as sacrificing quality, its all in what you are trying to do. If you just want to show something off real quick, this would be a MUCH better way of doing it. I cannot actually think of a better way. But if you are doing something that you might edit and desire high quality, then no you probably wouldn’t use qik, but you also probably wouldn’t use a cell phone either.

    Jim

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    Christina Jacobs November 19th, 2009 at 11:27

    The quality was not the same with the Droid as with the OWLE, but the simplicity of the Droid makes it very attractive. As a reader of this blog, I can not whoop up any code that’s for sure!

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    Brian Lee November 19th, 2009 at 12:20

    Like everyone else is saying, there’s a trade-off in quality for simplicity here, but, hey, chances are that something will come out that’ll trump the Droid and iPhone one of these days…

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    Emily Wetterich November 19th, 2009 at 12:42

    The speed is great for an impatient person like me. You weren’t kidding when you said there is a difference in quality. I’m not sure which I would choose, though. The speed would be great for imediately after making the video but I think I would miss the quality in the long run.

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    Shawn Tomlinson November 19th, 2009 at 13:40

    Qik is a great program. The ability to upload video as you take it is an invaluable ability that Qik has made available to us. The quality is really good on most of the videos i have seen on Qik and even though the iPhone’s video was higher quality than the Droid they both looked good on Qik.

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    Jennifer Cook November 19th, 2009 at 14:29

    I think the quality of the iPhone’s video was much better than the droid. Qik is really cool because you can upload the videos so quickly, I wish you would stop taping our presentations though! Haha

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    Josh Johnson November 19th, 2009 at 14:50

    I think they are both about the same, both pretty good quality I think. Qik is very nice and conveinient to upload videos as well.

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    Greg Forney November 19th, 2009 at 15:44

    The droid video quality is very impressive.

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    Chris Miller November 19th, 2009 at 16:04

    I would agree that it didn’t work too well in low-light conditions as seen in class today. Definitely much more efficient than your previous setup though.

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    Marisa Nakajima November 19th, 2009 at 17:34

    First of all sweet looking phone!!!…secondly I LOVE Orchids and they were all beautiful…and Thirdly It has pritty good quality, even though it was dark at some times.

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    Kevin Mockus November 19th, 2009 at 19:35

    the droid and iphone both have their advantages and disadvantages. As for the droid’s side, it appears to have excellent video quality. The ability to upload the file almost instantly is another positive. It looks like it could give apple a run for their money. But i still see the iphone to continue the dominance in the cell phone world.

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    Brent McClean November 19th, 2009 at 19:59

    It’s actually decent compared to the lens used with the iPhone honestly. The comparison between both phones has been fun.

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    Caroline Stephenson November 19th, 2009 at 20:34

    While it is cool, I still don’t think I would record something important on it when I have the option of using a nice video camera.

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    Xi Wu November 19th, 2009 at 21:08

    My friends who use iphone do not like to take pictures by iphone because the quality of the photos is not good. After watching the video, I think Droid does not have many advantages compared to iphone because the quality of the pictures seems the same.

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    Ankit Buti November 19th, 2009 at 21:54

    The droid video quality is really nice and I really see much difference between the dim lights and bright lights videos today morning in class. And the fact that it uploads instantaneously to the internet is amazing. Another thing that Hank mentioned in class and that appealed to me was that even after shooting video for 45 mins the battery of the phone was more than 3/4 which is simple great. My take is that this phone will go a long way beating the iPhone.

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    Micajah Green November 19th, 2009 at 22:48

    The droid continues to impress me. I think it will continue to gain popularity and will eventually surpass the iPhone in sales. Verizon did a fabulous job with this phone!

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    Aaron Curtis November 19th, 2009 at 23:49

    The droid is a very cool item, I think i might change over from t mobile soon.

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    Mayura Davda November 19th, 2009 at 23:56

    The droid video quality CANNOT the iPhone’s video quality at all. I feel like it’s a good phone indeed but iPhone’s better!

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    Mayura Davda November 19th, 2009 at 23:57

    And also, I loved those orchids in the video!

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    David Uhlenhake November 20th, 2009 at 00:23

    This is a very cool feature. I can only imagine the things that it could possibly do for media in the future. I think back to the Iran crisis over the summer and think that if more of the citizens had the ability to use qik, then a lot more videos would have been on the web.

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    eugene November 20th, 2009 at 00:28

    That is an amazing feature you can practically have a live webcast using the droid alone….in other terms 1 droid= TV studio.

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    eugene November 20th, 2009 at 00:29

    david makes a good point…imagine the impact such a capability would have made in that crisis.

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    Chris Perry November 20th, 2009 at 00:54

    I like the feature on the droid but I wish it could deal with the low light better than it does. Still I remember the first video in the computer lab and it looked good.

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    Heath Hiatt November 20th, 2009 at 04:50

    I agree about the tradeoff of simplicity for quality. The features are pretty impressive, but I don’t think I would use most of them. I’d take one of these if it were given to me, but doubt I’d be willing to throw down the kind of money they are wanting for this. When it comes down to it my phone gets the job done and for less money. I’m sure this will be a success though, there will always be the trendy people that have to have the latest and greatest.

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    Jenna York November 20th, 2009 at 13:57

    Personally I think the OWLE takes a better video, however considering that it is an enhancement for the iPhone, the Droid’s movie taking capabilities as a phone aren’t too far off.

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    Zheng Wang November 20th, 2009 at 22:32

    I think iphones’ pictures have better qualities.

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    Sree Harsha Uddandam November 22nd, 2009 at 22:25

    I felt droid is a better phone than i phone …

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    Quentin Campbell November 23rd, 2009 at 13:12

    I think this is a great thing they have going on here. A direct up-link to a video website and its simple to use. This is a definite advantage over the iphone which may have a little better quality but less simplicity

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    Amber Illig November 24th, 2009 at 02:03

    The iPhone with OWLE is a better quality combination than the Droid alone, but I am fairly certain that either Droid or the iPhone will come out in a new version that can function just as well as the iPhone plus the OWLE.

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    Nathan Ferguson November 30th, 2009 at 10:09

    When it comes to phones I usually am not really a person who does much besides text and make phone calls. If I were looking to get a phone for other uses I would most likely go with the Droid

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    Kevin B. November 30th, 2009 at 19:49

    I think the Droid is a good choice over the Iphone and I have verizon so that makes it a lot easier for me.

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    Bin Lin December 1st, 2009 at 12:21

    There are many good phones are out there besides iphone which people don’t really know in the U.S. For instance, Nokia has the newest smart phone call N900, and Sony&Erisen has its X-series coming out.
    Regarding to this blog, it was interesting to know that Moto improved its technology, and hope them keep up with it, and hope to hear more good info from them.