QIK admits Evo 4G launch problems after 20x increase on server load

While record sales are generally a desirable thing, that one-time spike in demand can leave service providers scrambling to cope on launch day. Evo 4G owners are well aware of this after noticing one of the handset's flagship features -- Qik video calling -- was unavailable in the Android Market on Friday. After correcting the issue, Qik then had to pull the app after users experienced intermittent service failures resulting from what Qik calls "an unprecedented 20x" workload increase on its servers. The Qik team is scrambling to provision more capacity and expects to have things under control "shortly."

[mmoylan Posted Jun 7th 2010 10:34AM]

At least it was qik's servers and not sprints network

[neeko18 Posted Jun 7th 2010 10:53AM]

now i just need to help my friends do the install also. it worked and now have the new blue video chat qik icon.

[neeko18 Posted Jun 7th 2010 11:37AM]

actually worked perfectly. kinda grainy quality but if it catches on and more people have phones that support it i would upgrade for $5month.

[jr2cool Posted Jun 7th 2010 11:43AM]

+ 1 for doubletwist.

[hodedofome Posted Jun 7th 2010 1:44PM]

I use the Fring app to run Skype video chat on my Evo. Google video chat doesn't work for whatever reason. No need to pay $5/month for Qik...

[sakimoki Posted Jun 7th 2010 2:43PM]

Qik 4th EVO is back on the Android Market!