Live video streaming service Qik has announced that they have cracked the iPhone 3G and you can now record live video on your iPhone. This will only work on jailbroken iPhone devices - that means if you are a good little boy or girl, this won’t work for you.

Back in June, Qik announced live iPhone video streaming support for the first generation iPhone. We were first to report on competitor Flixwagon launching live iPhone video streaming support earlier that day.

Here’s Michael at Qik explaining how the new video streaming support works:

Of course there’s also that little issue of iPhone 3G battery life to deal with.

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Last night I was traveling home on a city bus and as we passed between Fifth and Sixth avenues on 42nd Street, one lane was closed off and (my guess) 2,500 teenage and pre-teen girls were lined up along the walls of Bryant Park. There were signs including, "I named my fish after you" and the most popular sign was, "I love you!". The bus driver said that the girls were out there for the Jonas Brothers concerts in NYC this weekend.

Yesterday Flixwagon announced that they have partnered with MTV and have provided a variety of MTV reporters with mobile devices capable of streaming live to Flixwagon. MTV will broadcast live videos from the Jonas Brothers concerts and fans will be able to watch the videos from home. My guess is that there won’t be any actual live concert performances but we will see. Flixwagon notes, "The videos will give a personal peak behind the scenes of the Jonas Brothers in real time as they travel and get ready for their shows in Jones Beach and Madison Square Garden."

Earlier this year Flixwagon partnered with MTV on the Choose or Lose presidential debates. Flixwagon believes the traffic from this Jonas Brothers/MTV partnership will be their highest to-date.

MTV posted a blog entry asking Jonas Brothers fans for questions - so far the post has 550+ replies.

Flixwagon was one of the three products we noted would change 2008 online. Now if they would just support my Samsung Ace!

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Flixwagon has launched an application for streaming live video from iPhone, a product they first demoed last month. At the moment, the application only works on jailbroken original model iPhones (running firmware 1.1.4), but the company says it is currently working on a version for the iPhone 3G.

The app can be installed by navigating to m.flixwagon.com/iphone on your device, or by following the instructions detailed here. Most of Flixwagon’s features are included in the application - you can assign each video stream its own privacy settings, edit the meta data, and set the video resolution. For now, Flixwagon recommends streaming via WiFi. Here’s a brief demo of how the application works:

Flixwagon competitor Qik also demoed their own streaming video application for iPhone last month, but it would appear that Flixwagon has beaten them to the punch in getting theirs out the door. Qik’s product is expected to launch soon.

Adding support for iPhones and their early adopter customer base is obviously hugely important for both Flixwagon and Qik to make their technology accessible to more people. Prior to today’s launch, Flixwagon only offered support for Nokia Series 60 devices. The first company to offer a version for the iPhone 3G could be the real winner though, given the device’s lower cost and access to 3G networks.

Some screenshots of the Flixwagon iPhone app are included after the jump.

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