If you're looking for an easy solution, just use the existing IM programs (aim, msn, yahoo) that have webcam capabilities built-in. You can webcam with anyone already using these chat programs by just plugging in a USB cable, they make it too easy. Webcam enabled chat programs have been around for years but people had initially rejected them due to insufficient bandwidth. With broadband everywhere, people should start digging up this old technology!
"That's right: Who on earth has a cable modem but not a computer?"
I don't see anyone paying $600 for a video phone when they could drop $100 on a webcam and use the free video-chat features of AIM or MSN Messenger which they most likely already use. Thats what the earth scientists are doing!
Earth scientists have used squidcam to communicate between windows and mac for some time now, although it isn't based on an existing instant messaging service. Squidcam also allows for multiple connections at once, something iChatAV/AIM cannot. Read this review on web-cams.
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Plug it into the data port of the phone on the plane and share your wireless with everyone else on board.
If you're looking for an easy solution, just use the existing IM programs (aim, msn, yahoo) that have webcam capabilities built-in. You can webcam with anyone already using these chat programs by just plugging in a USB cable, they make it too easy. Webcam enabled chat programs have been around for years but people had initially rejected them due to insufficient bandwidth. With broadband everywhere, people should start digging up this old technology!
"That's right: Who on earth has a cable modem but not a computer?" I don't see anyone paying $600 for a video phone when they could drop $100 on a webcam and use the free video-chat features of AIM or MSN Messenger which they most likely already use. Thats what the earth scientists are doing!
Earth scientists have used squidcam to communicate between windows and mac for some time now, although it isn't based on an existing instant messaging service. Squidcam also allows for multiple connections at once, something iChatAV/AIM cannot. Read this review on web-cams.