On: Socialcam Now Available

[citricsquid]

I've tried it out with my Nexus One and while it works great (http://socialcam.com/v/XANxOwfD) I don't think I'll switch to it (I'm part of their audience I guess, I often record short videos with my N1 of stuff I see to share with my friends) as I can't see what advantages it offers over Youtube?

[justin → citricsquid]

Also, your videos will upload in the background as you record them, making upload time much shorter (but only be published when you click "Finish" at the end of the creation).

[sorbus → justin]

By "making upload time much shorter" you mean "making apparent upload time much shorter." They'll still take the same amount of time[1] to upload, except that that time begins while they're being recorded.

[1] Or more, in some probably unlikely cases, for example if the upload speed exceeds the bitrate of the video.

[emmett → citricsquid]

Biggest advantage: you can tag your friends from the SocialCam app and you can't from the YouTube app.

[citricsquid → emmett]

Ah okay, that sort of "social" isn't really the sort of thing I'm interested in, I guess this isn't aimed at me then. Thanks for clearing it up :)

[middlegeek → emmett]

If I was interested in tagging people, why wouldn't I just post it to Facebook?

[emmett → middlegeek]

You would post it to Facebook...which is why we offer one-click post to facebook.