Ever wish you had the ability to show your friend/significant other what you are seeing at that exact moment in real time? For example you are at a concert backstage, in some forbidden area you shouldn’t be, or even perhaps share an “intimate moment” with your bf /gf, but you don’t have an iPhone 4 (or at least one of you doesn’t because Video Chatting aka FaceTime is only iPhone 4 to iPhone 4)? Well don’t fret Way2Hypers the opportunity is Knocking at the Nation of Hypeness’ door (sorry for the terrible pun I just couldn’t resist)!

An app called Knocking is the perfect way to catch those great moments you cannot share in-person with your family and friends. Knocking is a live one-way video stream that will show you everything that the sender is viewing. As you probably know, the iPhone 4 has the new video-calling called FaceTime ; however, not all of us have the funds, desire, or whatever your motive may be to upgrade to the iPhone 4 (I am still waiting on the white one, which I bet comes out in Early Oct. because Sept. 30 is the last day you can apply for a free bumper). So the next best thing is Knocking!

Knocking allows the sender to use his/her iPhone camera as a “virtual eye” to enable the receiver of the knock to see everything that the sender is seeing in real time! As long as you are connected to wi-fi or 3G network this app will work for you. First, you will need to set up your profile, you can do it in the app itself or use the website KnockingLive.com. After that is setup, you need to find friends to knock, the app allows you to parse your iPhone Contacts, Gmail contacts or just enter email addresses of people you know have the Knocking App.

Finally, you are ready to knock or be knocked! Your friend’s list is split into Family and Friends just press on whoever you want to Knock and let the games begin!

One of the major critiques of this app is that it does not have sound.  One way to circumvent the lack of sound is to call your friend on speaker phone and then “knock” them.  Keep in mind this only seems to work if the both parties are logged into the Knocking App. Another shortcoming of Knocking is that the video is only a one-way stream, meaning that the sender cannot see what the receiver is viewing. On the contrary, I can think of a few situations that one-way video chat is advantageous Well, I guess you can’t have your cake and eat it too… unless of course you both have the iPhone 4. So as of yet, this is the best app for catching those memorable or even intimate moments and sharing them in real-time with your friends or lovers!

What would you use/do use Knocking for?

Is this the solution to long distance relationships?