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extelecom

09/18/03 4:59 PM

#152726 RE: limtex #152724

Limtex, Sorry I just don't see it....I am no expert, but the bandwidth required for that will be cost prohibitive IMO...
Have you seen any discussion of how many simultaneous users you could support on a video call? Not many I bet, which translates into high cost IMO. The big demand I see for data will be for emails and business users (laptops), not the mass market...
All IMO of course!

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TJ Parker

09/18/03 5:18 PM

#152735 RE: limtex #152724

Clealry it is only now in its infance but within 5 years my guess is that 90% of calls will be video calls.

i defy you to tell me how you'd design a portable wireless phone that, in a usable manner, allows you to both talk and photograph yourself at the same time.

now maybe you really mean something like "portable wireless camcorder". but then i don't see why you'd say "90% of calls".

(nothing personal in this: its been my pet peeve for very very long. back when arguing with folks about portable web browsers using microdisplays, as in the viewfinder of a camcorder: there's just no way to make something that we'd recognize as a phone have all of these features and be usable at the same time.)