Exciting New Updates from Flixwagon: open version, advanced phone features, new website features

By Ken Zamkow on July 8, 2008 4:20 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
We have some great news today at Flixwagon:  after a quiet roll-out last week, we’ve now officially launched our open public version, and added several new cool features on the mobile client and on Flixwagon.com:


1. As of today our site is officially open to all users. This means anyone can easily sign up for Flixwagon.


2. We added a dead-simple new way to sign up on the fly, directly from your device. All you need to do from supported devices is access m.flixwagon.com/nokia on your mobile browser, hit 'Yes' to follow the express registration instructions, and Voila! And off course we still offer registration through flixwagon.com where you can also download the software (to computer, via SMS, or via mobile browser). Existing users can get the most recent version by accessing m.flixwagon.com/nokia on the mobile browser or visiting Account Settings on Flixwagon.com.


3. New features on the Flixwagon mobile client:

  • Choose between delay or video quality: in the preferences section you can determine whether your broadcasts will be optimized for the shortest delay, or highest video quality.
  • Two-way text Chat: you can send IM messages back to the video chat room, making chats around your video 2-way. This is especially useful when you want to respond to your viewers' comments without interrupting the video or audio in the broadcast.
  • Share on Twitter and YouTube directly from phone: you can share individual videos on twitter and YouTube directly  from your device, as well as customize the message or titles (no more generic Twitter messages!). All you need to do is add your Twitter or YouTube account details on Flixwagon.com, and then you can customize posts directly from your phone.
  • Detailed sharing from device: for the past several months Flixwagon has supported group and sharing preferences. Now you can also easily choose your sharing settings for specific videos directly from your device, and determine which groups (friends, family, etc.) can access your video even before you start broadcasting. Make sure you set up your contacts, groups, and alerts first on flixwagon.com and you can start sharing flix with them on the fly.
  • Digital Zoom-in and zoom-out feature.
  • Change title: you can now change the video title directly from the phone while broadcasting.  This is great when the ‘right’ headline comes to you while you broadcast (and can help more viewers discover your broadcast while you’re still broadcasting live).


3. New features on flixwagon.com:

  • RSS: get your videos out to feed.
  • Import contacts: we made the “Import Contacts” option more visible so you can more easily invite your friends to watch flix.


Feel free to let us know what you think here or via @flixwagon on Twitter,

Flixwagon Team


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