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We just updated our iPhone app to work with the newly released firmware 2.2. If you've upgraded to jailbroken 2.2, make sure you get the latest Flixwagon version from Cydia or Installer. Simply refresh your sources and upgrade the app. To install from scratch, look for Flixwagon in the multimedia category.

For feedback, or if you encounter any issues, email us at: feedback@flixwagon.com

A few great upgrades today for our iPhone 2.0.x version:

1. New EDGE-friendly and high resolution settings: we added a new setting specifically for Edge connections with lower video quality but much faster upload time. Very useful when you're out and about, both on original iPhone and iPhone 3G (which tends to jump back to Edge every so often). We also added a Still Items setting, for showing higher resolution, yet mostly-still items like pictures or presentations while capturing sound. The original settings still include high frame rate broadcast (for videos with motion), and high resolution (for sharper frames).



2. Chat function: you can now see chat messages from your viewers directly on the iPhone screen. When viewers on Flixwagon.com comment on your video while you're broadcasting, the messages will appear on your screen.




3. New app design (see above).


To get the updated app, go to Cydia or Installer 4 on your iPhone 3G/2.0.1, refresh "Changes" (Cydia) or "Sources" (Installer), and follow the upgrade instructions. You may need to restart your phone to see our new icon. To install the app from scratch use the following instructions: http://flixwagon.com/pickphone/IPhone/.

As usual, let us know what you think!

Great news: Flixwagon is now available for iPhone 3G and for original iPhones running firmware 2.0.1!
After being first to broadcast from iPhones back in June, and first to launch our public iPhone app for 1.1.4  in July, we're now releasing our app for iPhone 3G and original iPhone 2.0.x. This means we now support all iPhone models and firmware!

To install you'll need an 'opened' iPhone with either Cydia or Installer. Simply open Cydia or Installer, make sure all your versions and resources are up-to-date, and then install Flixwagon from the multimedia folder (under 'Sections' in Cydia, or 'Categories' in Installer 4. You can also find it under the iSpazio directory). Special thanks to Fabiano from iSpazio.net for all the great help with Cydia and Installer!




Flixwagon iPhone Broadcast Screen

Advantages:

• Super-fast sign-up: there is no need to sign-up in advance anywhere. Simply launch the app on your iPhone, enter your phone number, and you'll be instantly logged-in and can start broadcasting video immediately. You'll also receive an SMS message with your new user name and password which you can then change or restore via flixwagon.com.

Express Registration

• Highest Frames per Second rate: Flixwagon broadcasts the highest frame rate per second on iPhone in the market -- at 12 frames per second -- providing a smoother broadcast flow.

Choose between sharper resolution or more frames per second

• Edit video details on the fly: change title and tags directly from the iPhone before or during broadcast. This is especially useful in helping more users discover your broadcast while you're still live, by adding relevant tags and titles based on events in the broadcast.
  

• Set sharing preferences directly from the device: set flix as private, public, or viewable only by certain groups like friends, family, co-workers, etc., all directly from the iPhone and while broadcasting. 

Edit video details and sharing preferences on the fly

• Light app: the entire package is only 98Kb.
  

If you're using iPhone 1.1.4 of older check out info for your phone. Please note, the iPhone apps (1.1.4 and 2.0.1) are both in Alpha, and are used primarily for us to learn and experiment more with the iPhone platform. Feel free to email us comments or feedback about the alpha app at feedback [at] flixwagon [dot] com. Once the iPhone SDK supports native video we expect to develop an app for the new official app store. We don't encourage 'opening' or 'jailbreaking' iPhones and users do so at their own risk.

Following our announcement in June that our developers were the first to successfully broadcast live video from iPhones, we are now officially launching our iPhone alpha app. The app currently runs on first generation “opened” iPhones with firmware 1.1.4 or earlier, that have Installer.app on the device. It is available to all users with suitable configuration on their iPhones.

For users using the new iPhone 3G, or the original iPhone with firmware 2.0, our team is currently working on an application for those devices as well, and we’ll announce when ready (will require an “opened” 2.0 iPhone as well).


Flixwagon iPhone Broadcast Screen


The iPhone app supports the following features:

• Express Sign-up on the fly: once you install the app via installer you can be up and running within seconds: simply enter your phone number and you’ll be instantly logged-in. You'll also receive a text message with your new user name and password (which you can then change when you log-in to flixwagon.com).

Express Registration

• Edit video details on the fly: change title and tags directly from the device before or during broadcast. This is especially useful in helping more users discover your broadcast while you're still live, by adding relevant tags and titles based on events in the broadcast.
  

• Set sharing preferences directly from the device: set flix as private, public, or viewable only by certain groups like friends, family, co-workers, etc.

Edit video details and sharing preferences on the fly

• Choose video quality settings: select between higher resolution (sharper details within the frame) or higher frame rate per second (smoother video flow).

Choose between sharper resolution or more frames per second


How do I get Flixwagon on my iPhone to Start Broadcasting Live Video?

From Installer go to the ‘Sources’ tab, tap ‘Edit’ on the top right, then ‘Add’ on the top left, type in the following URL: http://m.flixwagon.com/iphone, and then tap “Done”. Then tap the ‘Install’ tab, find the new Flixwagon folder, and then follow the installation instructions. Once you return to the home screen you’ll see the new Flixwagon icon.

Tap the Flixwagon icon. If you already have a user name and password type them in. If not, enter your mobile phone number with country code and you'll be instantly logged-in. Your new user name and password will be sent to you via SMS. You can then edit the login details or restore them by visiting flixwagon.com. Also, if you prefer full registration via our website, you an do so here.


Please note, the iPhone apps (1.1.4 and 2.0) are both in Alpha, and are used primarily for us to learn and experiment more with the iPhone platform. Feel free to email us comments or feedback about the alpha app at feedback [at] flixwagon [dot] com. Once the iPhone SDK supports native video we expect to develop an app for the new official app store. We don’t encourage 'opening' or ‘jailbreaking’ iPhones, nor switching back to older firmware, and users do so at their own risk.

We're happy to announce that our development team at the Flixwagon lab has successfully streamed the first-ever live high-quality video from unlocked iPhones to the web, using Flixwagon's alpha client.

 

While we don't condone or recommend unlocking iPhones, as avid iPhone users ourselves we wanted to experiment with ways to enable flixwagon on the iPhone, until the official SDK supports video. We're going to continue working with the iPhone SDK in the future so we can offer this functionality to all users once video becomes a standard part of the iPhone.

 

After Flixwagon is installed on the phone, users can broadcast videos with one click to the flixwagon website. Videos can be watched live or saved for later. Also, videos can be embedded in blogs via our flixee widget or uploaded to the user's YouTube account. Users can also easily determine which of their contacts to share each video with.

 

We'll release the iPhone version to our Alpha testers in July. In the mean time, if you want to sign up for Flixwagon or get updates on future roll-outs and supported mobile devices, click here. Also, feel free to follow us on Twitter for continuous updates. Finally, check out the iPhone demo below:  

 

Demo of iPhone Streaming Live Video via Flixwagon:

 

 

Video broadcast by an iPhone:

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http://flixwagon.com/iphone