Springdoo turns your 3G handset into a mobile webcam
I’ve been playing around with Springdoo for quite a while. The first version I remember using was an audio email service — you record your message and then Springdoo emails the audio to your choice of recipient. It was flawless and phenomenally well implemented.
Springdoo are back though — with an all new line up of wicked services. The principle one I’m interested in is their SpringCast service that enables you to call up their video shortcode, record a video and have it published on your blog or site right-away.
It is genius. It’s brilliantly implemented and a piece of joy to use.
Here’s the text from today’s release announcement:
Springdoo, a leading provider of audio and video communication tools for social networks, has pioneered a technology which allows 3G mobile users to instantly broadcast videos created on their mobile phone to their friends and family across the web via the 3G short code 88388.
Unlike other solutions on the market which require the downloading of additional software, SpringMobile allows users to simply make a video call to 88388 from a 3G mobile phone, record for up to 5 minutes and hang up. The video then instantly appears within the users’ Springdoo account.
Users are then able to email the video clip or create a video blog using Springdoo’s SpringBlog tool. If the user has embedded Springdoo’s SpringCast Widget on their favourite social networks or blogging sites, then any videos recorded via the SpringMobile service can also be instantly updated to the widget as well, wherever it is posted on the internet.
Wanna see some examples? First off, I create a post via my Apple laptop using it’s integrated iSight camera. All I had to do was create a Springdoo account and then login and press ‘record’. It really was THAT easy.
And then, here is my video that I recorded via my N95:
Springdoo is a piece of genius. I’m going to have a big play with this.
Got five minutes? Get yourself an account and give it a go!
