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Can we NOT turn this into a frickin iphone thread? Thanks!]]>Jul 10th 2007 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/
Why do you hate the iPhone?]]>Jul 10th 2007 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/Jul 10th 2007 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/Jul 10th 2007 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/Jul 10th 2007 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/
Japanese ADSL runs at like 60Mbps -- I get 5up/15down Mbps peak thru VerizonFiOS. I have no doubt FiOS could handle it, but most of the nation is not getting that kind of throughput. My folks have 768K/1.5Mbps DSL and I got my grandparents the $10 AT&T 256/768 plan. Ain't no way any of them can have a video conversation with my daughter at those 100%-perfect-conditions-necessary speeds...]]>Jul 10th 2007 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/
I've read you can get higher speed FiOS service than what you have, but only a small percentage people have access to FiOS service. It's still not available in my area in NYC yet and I want it badly for faster upload speeds. I'm getting fed up with my crappy upload speed on TimeWarner Cable.

So, you're right. Our broadband infrastructure is most likely not up to the task yet for full-motion videophone service.]]>Jul 10th 2007 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/Jul 10th 2007 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/Jul 10th 2007 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/
More like this only EXISTS because of the iPhone.

Apple should get some credit for this.]]>Jul 10th 2007 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/Jul 10th 2007 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/Jul 10th 2007 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/Jul 10th 2007 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1834536,00.asp
I think Moto introduced it last year and that was the last I'd heard of it. Probably to costly for most folks. I guess it would be nice for grandparents to see their grandkids and such.]]>Jul 10th 2007 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GdMx3vAiC8]]>Jul 10th 2007 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/
Well, I guess Motorola can do some good stuff. I suppose you'd really have to tell all your friends to buy an Ojo in order to have face-to-face communication. $250 is really inexpensive for the device, but you'd really need a large number of friends or have someone you really want to talk to every day in order to justify the Ojo connection fee.

Thanks for that youtube video. Otherwise I'd never get a chance to see the Ojo in action.]]>Jul 11th 2007 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/
http://www.broadvoice.com/

Also, I agree with the other posters that iChat looks good, too.

iChat videocall with laptops

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rzCOyN1t-o
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keep smiling]]>Jul 10th 2007 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/
I had downloaded some application called CamFrog, but I never bothered to activate it since I was busy doing other things. ]]>Jan 11th 2008 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/ntts-touchscreen-vp2000-videophone/
You don't need a mic. You just sit and chat. It's the next best thing to actually being in the same room with the other person. Processor, internet connection and distance can all effect the quality.

Obviously you need to convince some friends to get a Mac! In the mean time you can try:
http://www.ichatters.com/

Once you get on iChat with some one give a demo to one of your Windows using friends!

Have fun
http://www.waddo.net/
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