Daily Bitekletas

So I was able to download the executable installer a bit quicker than expected. I installed the Joost client on my Windows XP Home powered laptop without a hitch, though the firewall software prompted me to confirm the connection being initiated by the client program to joost.com’s servers. The authentication is done via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) so it’s fairly secure.

The Joost client prompted me to login or create a name and so I happily clicked the ‘create a name’. I was excited! I was prompted with a form requiring me to enter the e-mail I used during the “beta testing sign-up” process. Everything went well for me and I was taken to the Joost Suggest’s “Welcome To Joost” video after the signup/login process.

Here are some of the screenshots:

Channel Catalog Home - beautifully laid out for your viewing pleasure

 
Watching “World’s Strongest Man”

The “My Joost” view showing 4 different widgets (Invite Friends,
Clock, Notice Board and IM/General Chat)

Joost can be good use to people who are always on-the-go/mobile individual. However, the current channel offerings are not as good as your local cable channels. It lack news channels which is very important (at least for me). I’m sure though that once they get the support and win partnership with big media companies, we will see more and more channels to appear in the future.

I just wish that Joost can provide Variable Bit Rate for people like me who doesn’t have a stable broadband connection. It would also help if I can choose the Stream Quality or Size of Video so I’d be able to view a channel without the usual pause/loading every now and then.

For invites, sorry I zero (0) invite credit at the moment. I’ll give update once my invite gets upgraded.