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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Patent Application Hints at Video Conferencing on iPhone

Posted by Vincent Ferrari in "Apple iPhone & iPod Touch" @ 02:00 PM

http://www.powerpage.org/2009/02/ap...for_iphone.html

"A recent patent awarded to Apple indicates that the company is planning to bring video calling and recording features to its iPhone handset. According to InformationWeek, the patent also includes a description section including the following potential features: "In some embodiments, the functions may include telephoning, video conferencing, e-mailing, instant messaging, blogging, digital photographing, digital videoing, web browsing, digital music playing, and/or digital video playing.""

I'm digging the idea of video conferencing on the iPhone, but dreading the fact that it would probably only work with iChat whose video conferencing I've never actually gotten to work whenever I've tried. I think the interesting part of the idea of a camera on the iPhone is one of Apple's other patents; a camera embedded behind the display. That to me is a whole lot more plausible than a forward-facing camera hole up near the ear piece.


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