AT&T considering video conference calling?
By Sean Cooper 
posted Jul 27th 2007 4:52PM
posted Jul 27th 2007 4:52PM
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posted Jul 27th 2007 4:52PM
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first to strike!!!!!
AT&T is coming out with pretty cool new features if this holds true.
to above:
Umm... "new" if you mean new to us and so old in other countries that HTC has had to remove the user facing camera on most devices for US carriers for years now... Then yes, they are "new".
Also, with edge and no user facing camera, good luck with iPhone video conferencing...
-Taylor
Who needs the iphone anyway
...you both missed the point because of the accompanying graphic. The picture is there just to show what they would dream multi-person video calling would look like.
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Also, the iPhone pwns....now only if I could afford it. xD
Hmmm...makes me wish my Blackjack had a forward facing camera. Im not sure I have seen any phone that has one on the same side as the main screen, come to think of it.
chadow - The Samsung 1600 has a front facing camera, if you like your BJ so much, look into it.
So does this mean all of my HTC phones that have 3G video access will eventually work?
It is most likely the HTC Kaiser (AT&T 8925). It has a forward facing camera and HSUPA so it is probably the first AT&T phone that can handle video conferencing.
I second this idea... The Kaiser would seem to fit the bill perfectly.
The CU500v has a rotating camera and supports video sharing atm. The camera can rotate to shoot front and back. I guess this'll be the first one (though a firmware update will be required)
Again, the iPhone lacks both the video recording and UMTS data capabilities to do this.
Maybe they're testing the iPhone v2 with 3G and forward facing camera. :-)
I heard about this (or something like this) at a tech conference last year- Cingular (now AT&T) wanted to make video streaming from one cell phone to another, but said that they didn't yet have the infrastructure to do it yet, or something like that. They didn't mention anything about a special videoconferencing handset, though. I haven't heard anything else about it since then; perhaps they're finally trying to make it happen?
Its probably the HTC Cavalier, which would look like a thicker Blackjack.
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/01/16/unboxing-htc-cavalier/
... and anyone else think using an iPhone to illustrate a rumoured 3G , keyboarded smartphone is stupid?
A buddy of mine works at AT&T and he told me that they discussed this in a meeting yesterday. I think they are going to have video conference.
longthai - did your friend give any hint as to when they are going to make it happen? i am so excited about it, i am willing to hold off on buying another phone until they come out with the video conference calling service.
i have a E50 handset & i use video call on my mobile & what prise of this scheme
AT&T is giving a new way to boost up the business by providing such type of video conferencing.