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Linux Based IP Videophone
Meltoast writes "As reported in Communications Convergence Magazine, Innomedia has launched the MTA 3368 IP Videophone. It's 4-inch TFT color LCD can deliver video up to 768 kpbs and with a Linux based OS it supports video streaming, gaming, IM, HTTP, SNMP, TFTP, FTP and Telnet."
The wonders of technology! :o)
Any prototype for a video phone I've ever seen has the option to disable / enable video broadcasting. For normal use, you probably wouldn't have to show your face, but it certainly would put a new twist on phone sex =)
Second thought. . . phone sex without video is kinda like having the lights off. Even I'm sexy with the lights off.
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that some idiot is going to try to use this thing while driving. And the party they're video-calling will get a unique perspective on the crash. Ugh.
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absolutely
I personally like to masturbate furiously while listening to the mellow tones of my personal phone bankers voice. if we had videophones, I'd hardly be able to keep THAT up now, would I?
That was classic intercourse!
The big question is why it doesn't support the VoIP standard rendevouz mechanism, namely SIP, defined by RFC3261 and supported by many ip-phones software and hardware out there.
H323 is dead. Should be, anyway.
In order to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks on an IP videophone running on Linux, you'd have to have such a stateful firewall running on the phone - wouldn't this be a little heavyweight for a phone? Or have they modified Linux to use the BSD TCP-stack?
"Simply plug the InnoMedia IP VideoPhone into a quality-of-service enabled broadband IP network, configure and dial. In an instant you are enjoying high-quality, face-to-face communication."
:-).
The only way I'll see this any time soon is if it gets used in the workplace. It is difficult to get Broadband period, let alone "quality-of-service"
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Estimated pricing for the IP VideoPhone is expected to be around $1,600. Contact InnoMedia for further information.u nication/it/98 9422263.html
http://products.datamation.com/comm
Overhyped, overpriced videophone that won't sell.
If you have a broadband connection and a laptop, why on earth would you need this? The thing doesn't even use encryption.
I've seen a lot of videophones come and go. Just because it uses Linux, doesn't make it better.
Ok, it does make it better, but would you buy one?
for these phones is to call up those robot dogs to see if they are chewing the furniture or using your shoes as a urinal.
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You mean I could moon the telemarketers that call? :)
Let me get this straight...it plugs into an IP network, has a browser-accessible administrative interface (ie. it's running a web server) and requires special software to work behind a firewall, which means 99% of the general populace will run it "naked on the net.")
These phones are going to get cracked in a heartbeat.
I can see it now "Honey, why is a naked picture of Anna Kournikova set as the screensaver?"
"Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither!"
Desktop or Laptop:
RH Linux 8.0
Gnome Meeting (it does video and audio conferencing)
Quickcam 3000
Or a Sharp Zaurus using Zmeeting
@ http://zsi2.stonekeep.com/index.php?v=d&a=696 (I believe it does video, as well as audio conferencing)
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I guess this product is for non technical people.
I can build one cheaper:
1 Wall Mart Linux PC $199.00
Video Phone Software Free on Net (Linux based)
WinTV Card $59.00
MiniCamera $60.00
Monitor $99.00
Linux Telphony gateway Software
That's it!
$1,200.00 bucks.. gee this product is overpriced
I don't see support for the new 802.somethingorother that supplies power through the RJ45 jack. So if the building power fails, but the net equipment is on a backup power system, you still lose phone service. Didn't someone say the thing was rather pricey? The competition supports the power via CAT 5 standard....
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My real problem with any kind of teleconferencing over the internet is getting though a NAT firewall. While I may be able to set up my system to take care of it fairly easily, I can't really expect most of my clients to be willing to go to the trouble, even if they are capable of it. Most IT departments at the larger companies I work with don't return calls related to internal firewall issues, even if the call is from an employee. I'd love to hear of solutions to this problem from anyone with experience, as I can see many uses for this in my line of work, assuming it is easy for my clients.
Anyone using FTP or Telnet for any password-protected account has been a damn fool for many years. Maybe the implementors left out secure versions like ssh and scp because of export restrictions?
About 8 years ago they did a study to see how video conferencing would be used in the office. What they found was that initially it was the cool new toy. Everyone in the meeting would spend a couple minutes waving to each other and commenting on how much nicer it was to see the people they were talking to.
A few weeks after it's initial use, they found that users no longer looked up. They didn't care that the camera was on them, nor did they care that they could see who they were speaking to.
Aside from things like "show me how old Timmy has gotten" or "let's see how bad that black-eye is" I don't see these things taking off anytime soon. They're too proprietary, and nobody's going to plunk down their hard-earned cash for something that maybe 0.00001% of the people they speak with can take advantage of.
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... who would buy a video phone would be single male geeks just like yourself, wouldn't it be cheaper to just buy a mirror?
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