dailytech.com — Third generation or fourth generation iPhones appear poised to deploy some interesting technologies like video chat, and motion sensing. The interface could be useful for people who use their iPhones while jogging or driving, allow them to make calls or change music with minimal distraction.
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Closed AccountApr 19, 2009
No, I think it's because I didn't agree with what he said, I must have missed the point (like how other people say I "don't know what I'm talking about" because I have the sheer gall to criticise an Apple product)But your name sounds like you probably believe everything Apple say, so there's no chance of being corrected by common sense.I still wouldn't make a video call on an iPhone if it had the best possible video calling experience (which isn't going to be much better than any other phone), since it costs too damn much (50p/min? no thanks), network coverage is crap (o2's 3g network has the worst coverage of any of them) and I would like a total idiot trying to hold a video call in public anyway. The same reasons as to why I wouldn't hold a video call on a superior handset (except I could choose a better network, the joys of competition)
larrimer7Apr 20, 2009
video chatting eh?umm...skype?
se1zureApr 20, 2009
@ohreillyInnovation isn't always about being first. If you are able to build upon an idea, make it usable, great, and widely available, then you are innovating. By your logic modern Compact fluorescent lights aren't innovative since fire was discovered half a million years ago. Sure we could all use fire to light our homes, but how practical is that? It's about the delivery, not the discovery/invention. Look at the model T, if that's not innovation, I don't know what is. Sure they stole the concept of affordibility, mass production, and the automobile, but delivered a truly innovative product.Now please take some time to construct a decent post and argument before trolling again.
thex1138Apr 20, 2009
Sorry to break the spell but if you look at almost all the iPhone related patents they all show a dashed outline for a possible front facing camera...<a class="user" href="http://www.google.com/patents?q=%22APPLE+INC.%22&amp;rview=1&amp;scoring=1&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1">http://www.google.com/patents?q=%22APPLE+INC.%22&a ...</a>
stevemaxApr 20, 2009
se1zure, USA != the world.In the USA, Nokia doesn't exist. The American operators don't want to offer the phones with all their features unlocked, and Nokia doesn't like to lock down features. Nokia offers a lot of services that compete with the operators, and low-cost devices where the operators can't profit from services won't cut there. So, in the US, all you have are cheap, VERY basic, crappy Nokia phones, and the best-selling devices are either from manufacturers that do bend over for the operators (LG, Motorola, Samsung) or the high profile bet from AT&T that worked, the iPhone. This is the same reason why there is no Sony-Ericsson presence in the USA: neither wants to put control on the operators' hands.Globally, it's a completely different story. Nokia is the best-selling phone manufacturer in the world, in all price ranges. They have the best-selling phones ever in the cheap department (1100, 3310, etc), and the biggest share of the smartphone market; actually, all their mid-to-high end phones are smartphones, and all but some business phones have had video calling capabilities for years now. Maybe you only know a few people with a video calling phone, but there should be 100 of those for each iPhone sold globally.BTW, not only Nokia have this capability. It's defined as part of the UMTS standard, so almost every 3G phone has some sort of video calling capability.
scojumbaApr 26, 2009
Webcam will be choppy as a motherf**k it will FAIL.
digitalpencilApr 29, 2009
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ifallenMay 6, 2009
yea,.. it failed... because most people didn't have phones that worked.But imagine how much pressure there will to buy one when the number one selling phone in the country has this feature...that, and apple sets a bar. If apple's iphone has it, suddenly it will be everywhere,i mean, how many phones had touch function before the iphone?maybe a few, very few in the united states.and now?most the phones hitting the shelves with any kind of advertising have a damn touch screen.