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iPhone and Qik go live for New Mexico reporter

Albuquerque TV Reporter Jeremy Jojola recently used a jailbroken iPhone and Qik [iTunes link] to broadcast a story live for KOB-TV.

It’s a far cry from the big trucks with microwave antennas and satellite dishes that are usually seen where news stories are broadcast.

The audio and video quality isn’t perfect, but it shows how fast the technology is moving. Jeremy told me he used the AT&T 3G network for the connection.

We’ve already reported on the Qik app which was recently updated to allow uploading of video using the 3G network, but so far, the live capability has been nixed by Apple/AT&T. The only way to get the full benefit of live streaming is by jailbreaking the iPhone.

Qik runs on a huge variety of other smartphones with full live capability, even on the AT&T network.

If you’d like to see Jeremy’s story, it’s available by clicking the Read More link below. The actual story is about iPhone developers who live in the area. Here’s Jeremy’s blog with some more info.

[Thanks: http://www.tuaw.com]

How To Get a Free iPhone 3GS

Each year my business rakes up hundreds of thousands of points from American Express that we use to buy gifts that we can give to associates or clients.

I would consider myself a gadget freak. One of the benefits of being an entrepreneur is that buying gadgets that are used for business purposes is tax deductible. However, getting the latest cool gadget, the iPhone 3GS-for free-is even better. Here’s how I did it.

I bought the first generation iPhone for $500 and I thought it was really expensive (comparatively between weight and cost) but I wanted it bad enough to pay for it. I have had the original iPhone for almost 2 years now.

About 4 months ago, I was perusing the American Express Awards website to see what gifts I can get for our team and stumbled upon an Apple Store Gift Card offer. They had a $300 Apple Gift Card that I could use our points to buy and we had close to a million points at one time.

I bought the card with our points and was about to trade it in for the 3G but found out the same day that the 3GS was coming out soon so I waited and waited and waited. Finally today after dinner, I went with my boys to the Apple Store to proudly trade in my gift card for the new 3GS 32GB Black color iPhone.
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