Tuesday
Feb172009
iCam - I found you by accident.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 10:00AM by Mr. Pence 
While I was looking for some photography apps last week, I stumbled across iCam. I'm glad I did.iCam by SKJM, allows you to monitor up to FOUR streaming sources from either your computer's built in camera or an external USB or DV camera, right on your phone.
[Video review by Mr. Pence.]
The interface is fast and streams work great even over edge.Why would you want to do this?
Let's say you're out of town and and you would like to monitor your home while you're away or perhaps you have a newborn and you want to keep an eye on them while they are napping.
Whatever the need, iCam monitors up to FOUR real-time sources right on your iPhone. It's VERY easy to setup. All you have to do is install a host app on either your Mac or PC and then select a login and password.
That's it! No firewalls or nothing else to setup. It's as easy to setup as HP iPrint.
Once you have launched the iCam app on your phone you'll see up to FOUR real-time streams. When you touch one of the streams it will go full-frame, simply touch the full-frame stream to go to the FOUR stream view. The interface is fast and the quality of streams are incredible even when viewing over edge.
My 10 year-old could set this up.Currently, version 1.0.4 doesn't support sound, but the developer states that the next update will. Once that happens, I guarantee Mr. Pence will be hooking up his cable box to his PC so he can watch ESPN on the road.
So, if you have a couple of computers laying around the house and you want a low-cost surveillance system, this is your app. It's super easy to setup and with the developer promising audio support on the next update it will open a whole new way of watching live content. Even though it cost $4.99, I still HIGHLY recommend this program.
You can buy iCam HERE.
tagged $4.99, SKJM in Utilities, Video Review
$4.99, SKJM in Utilities, Video Review
Reader Comments (4)
Hi, as one of the developers of iCam I just want to say thanks for the review, and I'm glad you like it!
I just wanted to add that we just got confirmation from Apple that version 1.1 of iCam (the one with sound support) was approved so it should be available for download from the App Store within the next 24 hours. :)
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