ZyXEL's P-5000W IP video phone
By Peter Rojas 
posted June 4th 2005 5:16PM
posted June 4th 2005 5:16PM
Missed this one when it was announced at CeBIT back in March, but Engadget bro Om Malik notes ZyXEL's P-5000W Video Phone is probably going to debut next week. You've probably noticed that the world hasn't exactly been crying out for IP video phones (you can ask 8x8 all about that), but as far as these things go, the P-5000W doesn't look half bad: it's got a 5-inch touch screen, Bluetooth (so you can use it with a wireless headset), a built-in CMOS digital camera, and a remote control.
Does anyone else notice the resemblance to an Colecovision from the 80's?
Absolutly futuristic, reminds me of Blade Runner.
I have kind of surrendered to the unlimited possibilities of the Graphical User Interface.
Why bother with new video phone hardware when you can work the same "videophone" function through a PC or Mac using IM or any number of conferencing services.
If a company out there absolutely has to make a new piece of hardware to serve as a videophone, they should at least make it a mobile videophone that transmits a signal at the highest speed over a digital cell network; as a consumer, you'd get the big bandwidth for this by paying a premium. But that's ok; Enough with this 1mb video file crap.