Dueling streaming video services prepare for iPhone launch

Yesterday, competing services Flixwagon and Qik both announced that they will be offering their live streaming phone-cam services for Apple's iPhone.

While neither is ready to open their developments to the public at present, both companies expect alpha versions to be released before the end of July.

Preliminary demos of the services were practically identical:

At least with Flixwagon's service, it has been discussed that an unmodified iPhone will not work. It requires a "jailbroken" device to employ the workaround that enables the camera to be used in such a way.

Both services were founded upon Symbian-based handsets and then expanded to include a limited number of Windows Mobile devices, and continue their neck-and-neck pace for iPhone compatibility.