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Why Are you talking about videochat
Video chat is just the tip of the iceberg of a front facing camera. What about 3rd party Apps that uses the video signal to' interact with the user? Dictation with lip reading for example.
This thing is going to' create amazing app in the bear future
Video chat is just the tip of the iceberg of a front facing camera. What about 3rd party Apps that uses the video signal to' interact with the user? Dictation with lip reading for example.
This thing is going to' create amazing app in the bear future
I can't remember the last phone I had that didn't have a front facing camera and have always thought it completely pointless. I figured Apple knew it was a waste of space and that's why they've never implemented it. No amount of marketing will convince me to use video chat I'm afraid.
TRUST me, you'll want it lol.
All I'm saying is that Apple knows how to make things elegant/easy to use/smooth/snappy , so I think you're gonna like the way they go about the iChat.
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his voice was totally running thru my head as I read this.
you should email this to steve to see if he is looking for material for his keynote To everyone who seems to think that Video Chat is coming to 3G:
STOP F***ING KIDDING YOURSELVES. ATT is NEVER EVER going to allow that. It'll be available as a 3G feature in other countries, but not this one.
oh, and the iPhone won't come to other platforms until November.
STOP F***ING KIDDING YOURSELVES. ATT is NEVER EVER going to allow that. It'll be available as a 3G feature in other countries, but not this one.
oh, and the iPhone won't come to other platforms until November.
The "marketing" that you speak of is the other dozen people you know that have iPhones that would like to video chat with you, hopefully. That's really the kicker with this whole video chat thing. I'm very excited for it just because there will be plenty of other people who have the function available and that will be the driving force behind why it's used now and wasn't in the past. The past video chat history was hindered by the low population of people with macs/laptops that had built in cams, the HUGE hassel it was to get video chat to work on PCs (drivers and plug-ins had to be juuuust right) and not many people wanted to go and make a call in front of their computers, nor were they in front of their computers to answer calls.
This'll be great, although it really, hopefully represents the direction of the future because I seriously doubt that the current 3G networks can handle the bandwidth needed. So I won't be holding my breath for anything except wi-fi only vid chat.
Unless of course Sprint and or Verizon gets the iPhone and they allow video chat.
They won't. ...and even if they DO (which would be bandwidth suicide), ATT won't, because they still have so many locked into contracts.
5 reasons why 'video chat' on the iPhone will be big...
1. Read this HowStuffWorks article, How Video Conferencing Cell Phones Work. The technology is not the limiting factor.
2. This is not about video chatting. It's about video communication. Imagine sharing a live experience with friends/family/s.o. wherever you are... an outdoor concert, a sunset, watching your kid's/niece's game (I would LOVE to see my niece at bat rather than getting texts that she hit a grand slam...)
3. Having a phone with video chat while no one else has the same phone is like wanting to play tennis and you're the only one with a racket. There are enough people with iPhones to resolve this. See article above.
4. If Flip cams became wildly popular, and web cams became wildly popular, why wouldn't combining the two be at least half as popular? It's instant ease of use combined with anywhere connectivity.
5. The main reason video chat isn't used much with computers is because who wants to see the back of your living room while in your pajamas? When you're outside, at least you're dressed up and presentable, and with something else to share besides just your face.
1. Read this HowStuffWorks article, How Video Conferencing Cell Phones Work. The technology is not the limiting factor.
2. This is not about video chatting. It's about video communication. Imagine sharing a live experience with friends/family/s.o. wherever you are... an outdoor concert, a sunset, watching your kid's/niece's game (I would LOVE to see my niece at bat rather than getting texts that she hit a grand slam...)
3. Having a phone with video chat while no one else has the same phone is like wanting to play tennis and you're the only one with a racket. There are enough people with iPhones to resolve this. See article above.
4. If Flip cams became wildly popular, and web cams became wildly popular, why wouldn't combining the two be at least half as popular? It's instant ease of use combined with anywhere connectivity.
5. The main reason video chat isn't used much with computers is because who wants to see the back of your living room while in your pajamas? When you're outside, at least you're dressed up and presentable, and with something else to share besides just your face.
Just make a video chat standard if you want video chat to take off.
My main worry is if they don't allow 3rd party developers to make use of the camera. I would like Skype to work across all these devices. Like even with the Evo...i've never heard of Qik...but EVERYONE has heard of Skype.
My main worry is if they don't allow 3rd party developers to make use of the camera. I would like Skype to work across all these devices. Like even with the Evo...i've never heard of Qik...but EVERYONE has heard of Skype.
We've had video conferencing on phones here since at least 2004 (that's when I got my first video conferencing phone). People use it here just fine.
So what if US networks can't handle it? Everyone else can. And by the sound of the advert we're going to get it anyways. Huzzah!
The bear future sounds like a frightening place.
Yeah. The last thing I want to see is my friend on video chat being mauled by a bear.
I Like the poll on the front page, where even on an obsessed Apple addict website, greater than 50% can't legitimately say that they even care about Video Chat on the phone.
All I've heard for 3 frigging years is WAAAAAAA what about video chat? WAAAAAA...
Yet, in reality, no one has ever really cared, and no one will ever really use it, except in extreme rarities. I might use it if I can send live feed over the back camera, to show somebody something interesting that I come across in the field. Currently I use the iPhone's brilliant MMS and video record / trimming features to send short clips when I'm out in the field, but If I could start a live video conference and switch the feed to the back mounted video camera....we may have something useful there, for about 10 seconds a day....
Beyond that, staggeringly pointless feature.
I'm excited about the next iPhone's high resolution screen and undoubted ability to record and share 720p video.
All I've heard for 3 frigging years is WAAAAAAA what about video chat? WAAAAAA...
Yet, in reality, no one has ever really cared, and no one will ever really use it, except in extreme rarities. I might use it if I can send live feed over the back camera, to show somebody something interesting that I come across in the field. Currently I use the iPhone's brilliant MMS and video record / trimming features to send short clips when I'm out in the field, but If I could start a live video conference and switch the feed to the back mounted video camera....we may have something useful there, for about 10 seconds a day....
Beyond that, staggeringly pointless feature.
I'm excited about the next iPhone's high resolution screen and undoubted ability to record and share 720p video.
Yeah, 'cept you have to pay 60P a minute to bloody use it... eff that. At those prices, it's no wonder nobody actually DOES use it.
I am sorry but every text is recorded and saved. Once it goes digital and through servers, it's there for good.
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100% of deaf and sign language users want this!!!!
100% of deaf and sign language users want this!!!!