On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 01:31 +0800, Steve Underwood wrote:
Video calls are a really really bad idea. People who think otherwise really haven't thought about it at all. They are available here, and people desperately don't want them to be.
Video calls between 3G phones have been available in the UK for some years. I've only ever made two using one of these to real people, both across a table in a pub to show them what it looked like; I have made goodness knows how many to an IVR while trying to pick 3G-324M apart. However, there are some instances where they're very useful. For example, my family is geographically quite dispersed, and we use Skype with video a lot - particularly for grandparents to keep up with grandchildren. The usefulness and appropriateness of video calling depends very much on the target market; it's not, of itself, a bad thing. --Dave -- David Knell, Director, 3C Limited T: +44 20 3298 2000 E: dave@3c.co.uk W: http://www.3c.co.uk