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Creative Live! inPerson HD webcam does onboard processing, doesn't milk your CPU

Sharif Sakr — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:57:00 EST

When Logitech and Microsoft released a bunch of HD webcams last year, Skype refused to certify them for use with its HD video calling service. (That's not to say these webcams won't work with Skype HD -- it's that Skype won't guarantee that they'll work well.) And why this resounding slap in the face? Because Skype will only certify HD webcams that come with onboard video processing and therefore run even on tardy old machines. And that is precisely why Creative has followed the lead of other manufacturers like FaceVsion and Freetalk in including a built-in H.264 encoder with its latest offering, maintaining judder-free video and a chill-axed CPU. The webcam also has more flexible autofocus and a "quad mic" system, which together should allow users to sit as far as 10 feet away and still be seen and heard clearly. The only problem? A $150 price tag that's significantly more than the competition and only slightly easier to face than your cousin's acne condition at 720p. If you're still keen though, check out the PR after the break.

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Hands-on with Creative's inPerson video calling device

Darren Murph — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:14:00 EST

We were already quite aware that Creative would be pimping its inPerson here at CES, so it wasn't exactly a chore to grab a few hands-on pics when we dropped by the booth. No real surprises or anything, but be sure and hit the gallery below to see it doin' its thang.

Gallery: Creative inPerson Hands-on

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Creative's inPerson video conferencing clam gets official

Thomas Ricker — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:19:00 EST

We broke this one to the world in December, confirmed it from the floor of CES on Saturday, and now, Creative confirms what we already knew. We're talking about the Creative inPerson Video Conferencing device of course. Priced at $700, the portable video conferencing device promises that "you can join a board meeting in Geneva, a one-on-one in Africa, and your child's birthday party in California while you're stuck in the airport in Australia" all in the same day. Some day as no launch date was announced. We're not going to run back through all the details again. Hit that read link if you need a review of the details.

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Creative definitely launching the InPerson at CES

Ryan Block — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:06:00 EST

Remember that Creative InPerson video calling device we caught a few weeks back? Guess what, it's definitely being announced at CES -- if their CES booth is any indication, anyway. Details as we get 'em.

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Study finds teens still like to hang out behind the Gas N' Sip

Joshua Topolsky — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:03:00 EST

According to a recently released report by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, a telephone study of US youths aged 12-17 found that -- get this -- kids actually put value on "non-online" meetings, such as "talking on the phone" or "hanging out." If you believe these so-called findings, 40-percent of teens say they use that archaic and confusing system of wired telephones, while 31-percent claim to spend time "in person" with friends every day, as though they're not frittering away their time on PCs, DS Lites, and cellphones -- interacting virtually, like the rest of us. Our take? Obvious youth-driven cover-up. Hear us out here. If the 'rents found out kids were growing up so socially disenfranchised, they might just take all those beautiful gadgets away. On the other hand (or OTOH, as the youngsters say on their picture calculators), we don't exactly take a telephone poll of 935 teens as empirical knowledge, so maybe it's possible that kids are pretty much the same as they've always been -- if slightly more distracted. One thing's for sure -- they'll never experience the pain of not knowing the lyrics to Rock Me Amadeus like we did.

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Creative's InPerson WiFi video phone outed by FCC

Thomas Ricker — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:57:00 EST

Tough luck Creative, good news Type A consumers. The FCC just outed Creative's unannounced, inPerson wireless video conferencing solution. Not only that, but they've loosed the user manual, external photos, and even splayed the device wide to reveal a VGA camera, built-in dual microphones, and TI DaVinci graphics chip. Here's what they've got coming: 802.11b/g WiFi and Ethernet, 76-degree wide-angle lens with "excellent low light performance," H.264 video with SIP support, rechargeable/removable Li-ion battery, remote control, headphone jack for privacy, and TV-out to view callers on a larger display. The battery can be charged in 5-hours for a 2-hour run when using the built-in, 7-inch, 16.7 million color LCD at 50% brightness. That lifespan increases to about 5 hours when sending the display to the TV. It's also fully integrated with SightSpeed accounts. As such, it features automatic SightSpeed account login, speed dials, call history and contact list management as you'd expect. So is this the device / service mashup that will finally bring ubiquitous distribution of the dedicated video phone promised since the '50s? No. Of course, even the first generation brown Zune can garner buyer hysteria when the price is right. So go ahead Creative, tell us, how much and when?

Gallery: Creative's InPerson WiFi video phone: unannounced, just for you

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