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05-14-2008, 01:22 PM
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Live TV and Video Chat on iPhone 3g
So if you haven't already heard, there is going to be a 3g iPhone released sometime in June, what you may or may not know is there are some cool features expected.
Gizmodo is reporting that there will be both mobile TV and Video Chat on the new iPhone on the Swisscom network.
For those of us here in the US on AT&T we can expect similar features. While we can already watch live TV through awesome third party apps like Orb, you need to have special software installed and be on a wifi network. With the 3g iPhone coming out Orb will most likely work decently over 3g, but I'm looking forward to AT&Ts mobile TV service.
AT&Ts current mobile TV service is a step above all the competitors here in the US. TV is about the same all around, watch the latest news, shows, and sports at any time. What AT&T does better is movies with their movie channel letting you watch full movies over your phone.
On the other side of things videoconferencing seems exciting as well. With a little camera on the front the 3g iPhone will allow you to not only hear your friends, but see them as well while having a conversation (if they have a cool video chat capable phone of course  .
edit: videoconferencing might not be on the US model, apparently AT&T has a history of neutering video chat capable devices |
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05-14-2008, 01:28 PM
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even more excited for the 3G now, thanks for the info
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05-14-2008, 01:35 PM
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iPhone? More like MyPhone
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that's kinda cool...i guess. i would probably appreciate it more if i used orb already, i guess lol.
what gets me, though, is that apple is putting video chat and mobile tv on the new version of the iphone...and we still don't have mms messaging from apple lol. swirly works for those not legit through at&t, but those of us who are can't even use that last i heard(please correct me if i'm wrong lol)
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05-14-2008, 01:37 PM
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All this yet no mention of simple MMS?? WTH
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05-14-2008, 01:37 PM
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Yep,I cant wait..  Thanks for the info though... |
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05-14-2008, 01:49 PM
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Yeah some MMS would be better.
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05-14-2008, 01:52 PM
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I wouldnt get your hopes up on video conferencing. Its a known fact that most over-sea telco companies usually have this as a standard feature but its US counter-part is always lacking it. Best and newest example is the HTC 8925 that had it, but when AT&T got a hold of it they called it the tilt and removed the front camera. Cingular/AT&T is notorious for doing that, so i wouldnt count on video conferencing at all.
EDIT: forgot to mention, video conferencing isn't cheap either they would have to come up with video conferencing packages for videoconvo/minutes since that is how it works. Not unless the article ment video calling which in that case would be really choppy not unless they came out with an HSDPA iphone model that can truely support video calls
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05-14-2008, 03:00 PM
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I like how the picture shows the old iPhone and not iPhone 2! lol
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05-14-2008, 03:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dust Busta
I like how the picture shows the old iPhone and not iPhone 2! lol
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lol its the Orb pic |
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05-14-2008, 03:58 PM
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Video conferencing through mobile phones is a flop.
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05-14-2008, 04:25 PM
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video calls is free here in europe, pretty boring actually lol
you americans are so 2004 :P
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05-14-2008, 04:39 PM
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will the battery keep up?
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05-14-2008, 04:44 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hagge10
video calls is free here in europe, pretty boring actually lol
you americans are so 2004 :P
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so true, when i moved to the U.S. i thought they would have better phones than the ones we have (in Israel).. but no...  |
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05-14-2008, 05:06 PM
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I keep my Orb is free for a year in Directv
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05-14-2008, 09:29 PM
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Apple wouldn't let it happen. They aren't going to let big bad AT&T tell them what to do. As it stands, it looks like Apple told AT&T what to do. They have a lot of pull, if Apple wants Video Conferencing on their phone, they will get it. Apple has every right to say "Well Verizon will let us" Also, looks like my Mobile TV question was answered. With all this stuff, the phone better have a heluva battery.
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Video conferencing through mobile phones is a flop.
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So were a lot of other things like Web Browsing and Listening to Music before the iPhone. :-D |
Last edited by Squid7085 : 05-14-2008 at 09:34 PM.
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