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Are Video Phones Back From The Dead?

Posted by timothy on from the but-I-want-video-voips-instead dept.

gwizah writes: "A company by the name of Vialta is peddling a new product all you future loving geek's can enjoy, A VideoPhone! Yes, Im sure you can all remember the many attempts to bring video-phonecall technology into the home or office, but unlike the flying car, you can pick up a pair at Fry's today! According to some reviews at USA Today and the WSJ, the product works as advertised. A new way to call Grandma? Or just another silly little toy to collect dust in that hall closet."

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  1. Wow! by tcd004 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only $499.99 for a pair!

    They're gonna need more $ than that when Apple Sues them for using Aqua buttons on their site.

    Visit LostBrain

    tcd004

  2. Re:Who would be so stupid to buy the first one? by freeweed · · Score: 3, Funny

    Same guy who bought an HDTV capable set before there were any HDTV signals (hell, for all I know, there STILL aren't any :)

    On a related note, Atari once produced more cartridges for a couple of their games (Pac-Man and E.T.) than existed systems at the time. Can't play a game on a non-existant system, now can we?

    Moral is: some people are either very savvy, or very stupid. Corporations only moreso.

    --
    Endless arguments over trivial contradictions in books written by ignorant savages to explain thunder in the dark.