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Videophones Revisited

Posted by timothy on from the no-shower-no-video dept.

amitupadhyay7 writes "The NYTimes is running a story on Video Phones. ...more than 30 percent of American homes now have much faster 'pipes' coming into their homes: broadband Internet. Apple exploited this situation, for example, with its $140 iSight camera, a pocketcam that clips onto a Macintosh screen for free, high-quality Internet video calls. Now a company called Viseon has taken the next step by creating an actual video telephone called the VisiFone... in a related news Cisco is adding video to their IP phones. Telcos' response so far seems constructive."

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  1. Oh great by blowdart · · Score: 5, Funny
    As if my weekly calls with my mother aren't hard enough with "Are you eating right". Now I'll get "Haven't you washed and ironed that shirt. Why haven't you put those books away."

    And as for calling potential dates ....

  2. I can see it now... by segment · · Score: 4, Funny

    [scrptk1d] d00d!*!~
    [scrptk1d] i jUsT sNifFeD pArIs HiLtOn's WeBpHoNe Cam!
    [p1mp] y0 y0 y0 post dat shit on that net!&^
    [scrptk1d] w3rd!~!~!

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  3. Harder to call work and pretend to be sick! by bc90021 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Employee: Um, yeah, hi, boss? I can't come in today, I really don't feel well.

    Boss: Johnson! Get over here in front of the video camera so I can see you!

    Employee: Uh, ok, just a second sir..., oh, and it's Thompson, sir.

    Sound of much shuffling in the background...

    Boss: Johnson! What's taking so long?

    Employee:Nothing sir, here I am... as you can see, I am sick...

    Employee has used yellow highlighter to make his face look pale, copying that commercial.

    Boss: Well, Johnson, you do look rather sick... but is that a Hawaiian shirt I see under your crooked tie??

    Employee: Uh... umm...

    Boss: Very good Johnson, see you at nine then.

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    1. Re:Harder to call work and pretend to be sick! by CrackedButter · · Score: 3, Funny


      Employee: Boss I cannot come to work today, i'm sick.
      Boss: Sick, again! This is the third time this week! How sick are you?
      Employee: I'm in bed with my 12 year old sister!

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  4. Re:Ease of use by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Strange how they always seem to be trying to make video phones. What practical advantage does it have over ordinary audio-only phones?

    You can see the person you're talking to. Duh.

  5. Awesome by Mork29 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I can give phone solicators the finger and they can even see it! How do I get myself off of the do-not-call list? I'm also thinking phone sex would be much more interesting now.... although I don't think the 900 numbers will have video on their ends....

  6. Re:density by michrech · · Score: 2, Funny

    Density? I don't think that has really increased any. For as long as Humans have been on earth, I don't recall ever hearing where we could not grab hold of solid objects, or times when people were walking around in buildings and just suddenly 'floated' through the floor...

    Now, if your talking about our destiny, well, then things start to make more sense.. =]

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  7. Prank calls! by Tokerat · · Score: 2, Funny


    Imagine the fun you can have with prank calls! Costumes, tampered video feeds...the fun will NEVER cease!!! :-D

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