Ryan Wofford

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Earlier this week Apple approved the first live streaming video app for the iPhone. Pointy Heads Software’s Knocking Live Video app is now available in the App Store and basically it allows iPhone-to-iPhone users to share and stream video between each other’s handsets.

I personally downloaded it right away and found it to be quite buggy at first. Initially when I downloaded it, every time I launched the app it would just hang at the initialization screen. I uninstalled it & tried again several time to no avail, so I just left it on my phone. The next day I launched the app and got as far as to set up an account and search for / add some friends, but when a buddy and I tried to get it to connect, nothing happened. Today I went back in and allowed “notifications” from the app and we immediately were able to “knock” and connect to one another. I never saw anything in the notes / reviews that you needed to do so, but maybe you need to allow those notifications for it to work.

At any rate, the video stream shows a little latency but it is still pretty cool. Currently there is no audio support for it, and it’s only a one-way connection, so even if the iPhone had a camera on the “business” side of the phone, you still wouldn’t be able to use it for a video conference. All said, it’s a neat little app that will surely pave the way for much greater things to come. Already in the works is audio support, recording, and ability to connect with users on non-iPhone handsets.

See it in action here.

What else is cool is the back story of how the app got approved… check related articles below for more on that.

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Tags: app, iPhone, Knocking Live Video, Streaming media

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