video chat - good or bad?

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    video chat - good or bad?

    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?
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    Quote Originally Posted by coasts View Post
    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.
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    i feel the same way... "im on the way", "let me see if there really is traffic"

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    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.

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    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.

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

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    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.

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

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