video chat - good or bad?

coasts · 02-04-2009, 11:49 PM

is video chatting really a good thing on a mobile device? think of all the truths you'll have to tell...

Boss - stuck in traffic or stayed in bed?
Girlfriend - just left or just ordered 3rd round?
Mother - not feeling well or just pulled Michael Phelps-sized bong hits?

glsda · 02-04-2009, 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by coasts

is video chatting really a good thing on a mobile device? think of all the truths you'll have to tell...

Boss - stuck in traffic or stayed in bed?
Girlfriend - just left or just ordered 3rd round?
Mother - not feeling well or just pulled Michael Phelps-sized bong hits?

Yeah like honest I really was going to pay those back taxes.

jjvaldez · 02-04-2009, 11:55 PM

i feel the same way... "im on the way", "let me see if there really is traffic"

geez

danipoak · 02-05-2009, 01:26 AM

I agree with the above and to add to it, I just don't like people staring at me while I talk to them via some electronic device. It makes me feel awkward. My wife insisted on having my web cam on while I was out of town working for a month. Though I'm glad it made her happy to see me I always felt weird.

connie · 02-05-2009, 01:34 AM

I would like it to talk to my kids and husband, maybe my mom, but really no one else. I don't know if it would be worth it. I kind of thought we were really going to get this when this was a rumor in the V2 iphone and it never happened. But either way, for family maybe.

Saverino · 02-05-2009, 01:59 AM

I think it would be cool to have, and to say we have, but I'd prefer to leave it with one camera on the back. I don't think I'd even use it that much, either.

Twisted · 02-05-2009, 09:45 AM

I'd love to have video chat but would only use it with family and maybe close friends.

psylichon · 02-05-2009, 10:18 AM

I'm still getting used to Skyping with a webcam. I'm sure it's the sort of thing that grows on you. I'd like to be the sort of person that can just hop in front of a camera at any point and be myself, but I'm not yet. I'm not even really a phone person, so it's a big step.

Eragon · 02-05-2009, 10:54 AM

I wonder if we'll ever get to the world of Star Trek. Where looking and talking into a box is the same as doing so in person. What about data lag? We're talking AT&T, now. HSDPA. I think it would make more sense once LTE is rolled out. Everytime I'm on a VTC, I find the audio/video synch as well as pixelation due to data stream constraints more on the annoying side.

doron · 02-05-2009, 11:08 AM

now yall know what my answer is..i been waitin' on this since day one...

http://www.everythingicafe.com/forum...a-30206-4.html