Why don't you get your hand on a Rovio? Rovio is a groundbreaking new Wi-Fi enabled mobile webcam that lets you view and interact with its environment through streaming video and audio, wherever you are. It embarks a 1 x Head-mounted VGA camera as well as 1 x Speaker and 1 x microphone for 2-way audio. You can control it from your computer (you log in through your web browser) or from any flash enabled mobile phone.
This little bugger will make you feel like being at home with your family!
They will just need though to get used to you being a few inches plastic big bug...
Else a Nokia N900 with built in Skype (built in Skype is COMPLETELY different from any downloadable version of Skype on any other device, as it is perfectly stable) can do the trick: you can do great video calls in a matter of seconds (thanks to the multitasking ability of its Maemo OS you can keep Skype running in the back), see the people you're talking to, and thanks to the built in camera, they can also see you! I have one of those, and I have to say it completely changed my approach of using VoIP.
a must try:)
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Why don't you get your hand on a Rovio? Rovio is a groundbreaking new Wi-Fi enabled mobile webcam that lets you view and interact with its environment through streaming video and audio, wherever you are. It embarks a 1 x Head-mounted VGA camera as well as 1 x Speaker and 1 x microphone for 2-way audio. You can control it from your computer (you log in through your web browser) or from any flash enabled mobile phone. This little bugger will make you feel like being at home with your family! They will just need though to get used to you being a few inches plastic big bug... Else a Nokia N900 with built in Skype (built in Skype is COMPLETELY different from any downloadable version of Skype on any other device, as it is perfectly stable) can do the trick: you can do great video calls in a matter of seconds (thanks to the multitasking ability of its Maemo OS you can keep Skype running in the back), see the people you're talking to, and thanks to the built in camera, they can also see you! I have one of those, and I have to say it completely changed my approach of using VoIP. a must try :)