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The argument against video conferencing on an iphone
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hover cars?
where are those today? huh?
and light-sabers, I mean, c'mon, how hard could it be?
It may be for you, but with an unlimited data plan, I would make full use of it. I use Skype every day to keep in touch with my relatives overseas, and I have very few connection problems. And that's with an overseas PC with a slower than dial-up internet connection. If it worked close to as well on my iPhone, I would be ecstatic.
That was my experience in the UK a few years ago too. But I did a mobile video call in Sweden two weeks ago, and it was lovely and smooth (not quite as good as TV but almost there). (Both parties were on mobile phones BTW.)
I saw a friend do a mobile video chat in the UK about 5 months ago. It was better quality than two years ago, but still not as good as Sweden.
(Why? Sweden is the home of Ericsson, which you might know better as Sony Ericsson. Nokia is based next door, in Finland. Both companies make a point of having very high quality 3G services in Scandinavia.)
No way should front facing camera be a priority, however, I think it would make everyone happy if they made it easy to "dock" with your macbook and use its camera for video conference calls. After all, I don't see anyone wanting to make video conference calls in public or while on the run (while driving?) but when they get home it could be useful.
Does Apple possibly want to do something like this? Yes.
But will at&t allow them? No. American cell service providers don't have a stable network to allow this. 3G would be down every single day.
But will at&t allow them? No. American cell service providers don't have a stable network to allow this. 3G would be down every single day.
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dont like it, dont buy it! stick with the old! final statement WE DONT CARE what you dont wanna use on your iphone
dont like it, dont buy it! stick with the old! final statement WE DONT CARE what you dont wanna use on your iphone
I remember when camera phones first came out and all I could think was who would want a camera on their cell phone? Who would use that?
Yes, I was about to say that. I think a phone should just be a phone if people keep trying to take down every feature of the phone.
I have a HTC tytn II which has a front facing camera. It's awesome if you can find someone else with a phone that can do that...but at the same time. Not to contradict myself but the novelty of it wears off after a while.
The thing is we've had video conferencing here for quite a few years. We can even do it for free here and still people don't use it. And maybe it's different for each generation but when I got my first cell phone I started texting right away and so did my friends. Texting, at least here, was very popular as soon as cell phones were common and affordable. Video conferencing is free on certain plans here and still people don't use it.
I'm not against it but there are other features that are a lot higher in my priority list.
If I'm home I'll just use my laptop. That's why for me video conferencing doesn't interest me. I won't use it in public and at home I'll use my laptop.
It was. Here is a more thorough article. In fact, I can't believe arn hasn't posted this as news.
It's no doubt now that Apple has put thought into video conferencing on the iPhone. Will they actually implement it though? That's the question.
Eh, if they have it...great but it won't be the end of the world if they don't for awhile
I can just see this eating up the battery tremendously
I can just see this eating up the battery tremendously