Damien says: I stumbled on Qiks website today and marked it to read later …If you’re asking people to join something you need to be upfront by telling them you don’t support their phone before you start registration.
The idea of a phone cam to web site sounds great, when you have a Dell workhorse thats barebones. It should have been so much easier to develop in Java and then port to a number of handsets but right now this little site only supports s60 Nokia, Windows Mobile and possibly iPhones/iTouch.
I didn’t know this was the case until I was halfway through registering and got an ‘username already used’ error … shame about the registration process.
any upstart network site with social aspects needs to be very upfront with its requirements or beta-ness before getting people to going … guess Ill go back to my 3G video calls that are free in my plan.
Having a native application enables us to achieve the best possible video quality with the lowest possible latency. For example – on the Nokia N95 having a Symbian client enables us to achieve 640×480 video with half to three second latency.
The information about the phones supported is there on the signup page, but can see how people may miss that. Thanks for the feedback and we’ll look into that.
- Bhaskar @ Qik