I Got My N95, Now What?

Firmware Upgraded, No Issues! Happy Dancing. A Few QIK Tips

I did the firmware upgrade following the instructions from Nokia and the advice from Amy Gahran. 

The reason I upgraded my firmware is because I had some performance issues.  I followed the advice that I had gotten from different sources (here) and it didn't work.  So, I had no choice to take a deep breath and upgrade firmware.  The only glitch was that I had backed up the data on laptop which is a vista -and when I tried to restore, I got errors that the program was uncompatible with VISTA.  Grr ..

I had kept my activation key and link to the original download.  So I downloaded again.   This time I installed the app on my memory card so it won't hog up the nokia phone memory - which is sort of limited on this version.   Also, if it fragments - I can use the reformat trick.

Qik's co-founder told me that the ability to reinstall/reactivate the client once you do the firmware upgrade from the profile page. More info here:

Getting Information for Aussie Sim Card via Twitter and QIK!

On Twitter, I asked if I could use an Aussie Sim card in my US Nokia N95 to stream QIK.  Steve Garfield pinged @broy, qik co-founder who gave me a brief tweet.  Yes I can!

I had more questions, so I blogged them and did a QIK video and posted here.  @broy expanded in the comments.

Now, to find the best sim card deal and the Nokia N95 users in Australia.    I found Silk Charm via a BlogHer colleague via email and tweeted her and she responded.   She's a QIK user too!   She tweeted my message out to her network.

My questions are:

• Where is the best place to purchase an Aussie sim card upon my arrival in Brisbane on Sunday, May 18th at 6:00 am jetlagged and needing it for the next morning?

• What are my plan options?  I want to get phone and data access for that week.  What is the best deal? How much will it cost?

A Quick Question and A Quick Answer From Qik

 

I am bringing my Nokia N95 with me on my trip to Australia and hope to use during my workshop.   I had a question

Can I purchase an Aussie Sim card, insert into my US Nokia N95, and live stream QIK from Australia (and post photos to Flickr, etc)

The answer came from QIK -- (impressive listening skills)  and is yes, but I can't use the 3G. 

My next set of questions:

• If I can't use G3, does that mean the data access is slower?  What will the performance issues be?  Or does it mean I can only stream with wifi?

• Where is the best place to purchase an Aussie sim card upon my arrival in Brisbane on Sunday, May 18th?

• What are my options?  I want to get phone and data access for that week.  What is the best deal? How much will it cost?

• Do I need to do anything to my phone besides pop in the sim card for it to work?  When I get back to US and put my original US sim card back it, will things get screwed up?

As the Spin Cycle Turns: A N95 Soap Opera - The Washer is Fixed - The Repairman Loves Social Media

If you have been following with Soap Opera created with my N95, then you'll be happy to know that this is the last episode.  If you want to get up to speed, read this post first. A different Kenmore Repairman shows up to fix my washer.   He told me that the other repairman warned him about me and my camera and that I was blogger.  But this repairman has been interviewed by other bloggers.   But the good news is that my washer is now fixed.

The repairman was amazed to see live streaming with N95.   Maybe he will create KenmoreCares on Twitter like comcast

The QIK Sign Up and Registration Process

My first live streamed video was from Florida.  Didn't get much views because it was before I knew how to get into the web interface.   

Qik is still in alpha or beta.  So the sign up, registration, and activation is a little geeky.  Here's how it goes:

1.   Sign up for an account - just give them your phone number

2.   Within a day or so you will get a text message with a link to download the software for your phone

3.   If you try to stream right away, you will be prompted for an activation code.  I didn't get the code right away.  I emailed them to ask where it is.

4.  I got the activation code and was able to start live streaming.

5.  In order to get into the web interface you need a log in and password.  Since all I gave when I signed up was my phone number, I didn't have it.  So, I emailed again for the userid/pw.  It was all numerical, but was able to change it to what I wanted.

6.  Once I logged into the web interface, I was able to setup the automatic cross postings.  I decided to set up automatic alerts to post to Twitter, YouTube, Sesmic, and YouTube.   I'm chewing on whether I want that or not.

Waiting for my QIK to be approved, meanwhile exploring email to Blip to Posting

Did the first step for qik .. waiting .. in the meantime Rupert offered this tip for Blip posting via email

If you set up Blip mobile email, and set up a pop email account on the phone, you can email via wifi - no limit on the size of file - i have emailed 80mb files, but would never email using my phone connection.
The great thing about Blip is that it'll crosspost automatically, and post both the original file and the Flash conversion, so it's perfect for viewing on blog & by podcast.

I just taught myself, and helped other people by email and on the yahoo videoblogging
group.  But I'll finally be getting round to documenting my processes
in the next couple of weeks.

R

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