Broadcast Live From The Palm of Your Hand

PocketCaster, Nokia and MySpace Fans...Power On!

We always assumed that a wireless industry trade show (a.k.a. 3GSM World Congress) would generate the highest levels of concentrated EMF waves of anywhere on earth. We were wrong.

Try a rock concert in a stadium bowl with more than 15 separate WiFi networks, huge power generators, satellite transponders, millions of watts of strobbing lights, and some 50,000 cell phones all converging.

As they say, "the show must go on", crowded spectrum and all...and it did!

For all of you who caught the event, I'm sure you'll agree that the MySpace LIVE! Projekt Revolution concert was not only a really, really, great entertainment experience, but clearly set the bar high for where live entertainment events are going with UGC. 

MySpace LIVE! fans, Kelly, Scott and the others did a great job broadcasting with PocketCaster on their N95's (no, Nokia didn't let them keep them, but they did get a lot of back stage access and many other premiums.)

BTW, our pick for "next gen" digital entertainment director of the year: Mark Scarpa, at http://www.simplynew.com. If you're looking for a proven vetern director in the entertainment industry, whose mastered the delicate art of mixing up to ten professional camera feeds with user-generated mobile video for a live event...he's the guy. Hats off to Mark, Steve and the team.

Count down to record breaking My Space live concert

In a MySpace LIVE! first, five fans at the Projekt Revolution concert, armed with PocketCaster on Nokia N95's will take video footage of the concert, which will be incorporated into the live stream on MySpace. 

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The crew is flying into Clarkston, Michigan today with set up and preparation underway tomorrow. The Wednesday broadcast is scheduled for a record breaking six hours.

Featured main stage acts such as Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, HIM, Placebo and Julien-K, will be streamed live.

The five young fans with mobiles in hand, will assume their roles as the live mobile broadcast crew for the event, and will become a part of MySpace history. And of course, furthering the ComVu PocketCaster vision of enabling anytime, anywhere broadcasting from the palm of your hand.

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PocketCaster goes Xtreme with 3neXt HSDPA service

PocketCaster is playing well with the fast crowd in the U.K.

After a few months of beta testing, 3 Hutchison's 3neXt participants gave PocketCaster high marks, and pushed it into the released version of the high-speed mobile internet portal.

Since its official launch, PocketCaster has fared well, one of the top ranked apps for downloads, and top rated by users.

User Quotes:

"Coolest app I've ever used"

Have you ever seen the entire world change before your eyes? Well - that's what happened to me when I tried PocketCaster. I am absolutely blown away by this software! It's real easy to use and just works. My own private TV station - live to the world - from my phone. This redefines cool.

"Amazing stuff!"

Love this - really easy to install and a breeze to use. I just can't resist doing the whole cameraman thing now when I'm out! Even the quality's pretty good.

Editor's take on PocketCaster..

"The idea of PocketCaster is just that – you can broadcast from your pocket. You can share anything you want with others, in real time, and it will be handily saved for later automatically. Live news, amazing natural events, sporting history or once-in-a-lifetime family moments – all PocketCastable. We particularly like the autosave function and the automatic invites, and as camera quality improves so will the results. This sort of User-Generated Content enabler is the future, available now. Who would use it...

• You could use PocketCaster to share a birthday party, wedding etc live with relatives or friends. - A technician might show distant colleagues a broken part or piece of machinery.
• A lost driver could use it to be guided to a location by someone who knew the route.
• A journalist (professional or citizen) could share a breaking news event, and have a record for later.
• Finally, anyone who wants to archive video for others to retrieve.

Final Verdict: PocketCaster works just as described on the tin. The possible uses are simply endless - It’s up to you to find the ones that fit your lifestyle or business.

Shooting live video from a phone gives "Bourne Ultimatum" CIA agents their cool factor

When the now top ranked Borne Ultimatum first hit the theatres, we had several people asking if PocketCaster was the service that the CIA agents used on their N95's to transmit live footage to headquarters.

Although we have Hollywood production crews using PocketCaster to scout for locations, we must assume that when the movie was shot, they had no idea that a live video broadcast service from a phone was available.

Not to take any of the cool factor away from the film, but as you know, this capability is available today in the "real world" by installing PocketCaster on a compatible phone and subscribing to a 3G data plan.

The Nokia Blog was the first to mentioned the connection, so thanks to them for spreading the word.