WWIGO..ditch the webcam, use your cellphone instead
Motvik, a four member mobile startup in Bangalore has launched a very interesting product called WWIGO (pronounced ‘vigo’). WWIGO stands for ‘Webcam Wherever I Go’ and it turns your Bluetooth enabled camera phone into a wireless webcam for use with your laptop or desktop. Motvik is led by Rajan, who needs no introduction to many amongst us, for he is a very familiar face on the startup/unconference circuits in Hyderabad & Bangalore.
WWIGO is essentially a software solution. It is a combination of PC & Mobile software. You have to download it from the website and install one component on the mobile, and the other on your PC. Once installed, the camera phone functions as a wireless webcam, using Bluetooth connectivity to transmit live video signals to your PC. The video can be used as an input into various PC applications- IM clients like Yahoo/Skype for video messaging, video capture; editing software like Windows Movie Maker; online video sharing applications like YouTube. The snapshot on the left shows how WWIGO works– it shows a visual captured from the mobile and then beamed onto the PC.
Since mobilephones have now become a 24X7 extension of your very being, WWIGO offers users an anywhere/anytime webcam in their pockets. The Bluetooth connectivity frees you from the constraints of a wired attachment to the PC/Laptop. Currently WWIGO is available on the Windows platform (XP & 2000) and Symbian Series 60 phones (6600, N Series etc). Support for other models and platforms are being added.
WWIGO is currently in private Alpha. They are looking for people to test their application and give them feedback, so in case anybody is game, write to rajan@motvik.com
Alex on Mar 19, 2007
But this already has been done before (paid @ 12 $ for the s/w)
http://www.warelex.com/products/webcam/index.php
Whats the ROI here ?
Rajan on Mar 19, 2007
@Amit,
Thanks for writing about wwigo & Motvik!
@Alex,
You are right few others have developed simillar products which includes mobiola and others like ateksoft, we want to differentiated focus on making the product more accessible and usable. Do stay tuned for more differentiating features as well.
Let me know what you are looking for in terms of RoI. My email id is rajan@motvik.com and we can discuss over email.
Cheers,
Rajan
Alex on Mar 19, 2007
Well ROI is Return of Investment. For anything to be sustainable in the long run there should be some kind of returns.
So how will you cover the costs incurred in the development and maintainance of the product.
amit on Mar 19, 2007
Rajan,
Some pointers to future monetization strategy would certaily help.
Alex,
For an application like this, if it works and works really well without much hassles, thats a good point to start off with. In that sense Rajan is right that usability can be a differentiator.
Also, Warelex that you pointed out, is paid software, while WWIGO is free. So thats another difference.
Amit
Rajan on Mar 19, 2007
@Alex,
@Amit/Alex,
We are strongly looking at a ‘flickr’ (’freemium’) kind of monetization model. Hope that helps !!
Cheers,
Rajan
Bivas on Apr 21, 2007
do we have a link to download the software?
Aman on Apr 21, 2007
hi
please tell me how to download this wwigo software.
I need it urgently…
madhup on Apr 21, 2007
i liked this software verymuch when i have seen this software working at CNBC now How can i download wwigo ? I have N70.
I am not able to download from to motvik
please tell at your earliest.
madhup
ragu on Apr 22, 2007
i tooooooo need the link…
why do they make a show in cnbc and then
the link is missing….
like indian politicians..
behave like professional…
akshay on Apr 22, 2007
good
akshay on Apr 22, 2007
good software
gaurav on Apr 22, 2007
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kapil on Apr 22, 2007
hi
please tell me how to download this wwigo software.
venkatesh on Apr 23, 2007
Hi,
i saw the promo of this in tech2 so i am very intrested i this so can u please send me the download link to me mail id
Mandeep on Apr 24, 2007
ss
Deepak on Apr 29, 2007
yar cud ne 1 tell me d link from where i can download this software……
Hitesh on May 7, 2007
Hey! When will you open WWIGO for download.
Let us have a feel of your creation!!!!
shashi on May 9, 2007
need the link to download the software
Rajan on Jun 10, 2007
@ bivas,aman, madhup, ragu , kapil, venkatesh, hitesh , shashi,
Sorry about the delay , you could now go to http://www.motvik.com and download wwigo.
Rajan
deionut on Jun 21, 2007
Check out SmartCam, released under GPL is available from https://sourceforge.net/projects/smartcam. Currently tested on Nokia 6600, the project can grow to support Series 60 3rd edition phones.
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sanjiv on Sep 26, 2008
rajan thanx for initiating these sorts of product…we younger generation are keen to see this sort of development…cause we learn a lot form this….i also have N70 mobile from nokia…it says that nokia N60 is not compatible with wwigo…is it true…what could be the option iff……
sanjiv on Sep 26, 2008
rajan thanx for initiating these sorts of product…we younger generation are keen to see this sort of development…cause we learn a lot form this….i also have N70 mobile from nokia…it says that nokia N70 is not compatible with wwigo…is it true…what could be the option iff……