In article , LeBaron &
Alrich wrote:

Kurt Albershardt wrote:

david wrote:

It looks like Apple has done the same thing with iChat - free, good
quality 2 way video over broadband. I think it's gonna be huge and
become a very commonplace function of a net connected computer.

It works in a small or full screen and can go up to 30 fps. And the
only thing you pay extra for is the $149 camera.

Which would cost $39 from anyone other than Apple.

But might it then need something more than just plugging it in and
starting to chat with one's buddies? Not that this will happen from here
over a dialup, but hey, people are obviously willing to pay for
"convenience", or there'd be way fewer freezers in the grocery stores.

--
hank



Hank, you can talk (but no video obviously) with a dial up connection,
which ain't bad.

One thing to note about the new Apple camera, the iChat software it
uses take the video and audio and auto enhances it. Which is damn cool.


Jobs a/b 'ed it with the best current Mac videocam, the iBot which btw
doesn't cost $39, its $99 and it comes with no mic, and the Apple
product killed it. Which, unfortunately for developers of cheap
videocams, is really bad news.

Remember, Jobs bought Pixar 15 years ago and has been very successful
running it. Think he knows a little about using video and computers?




David Correia
Celebration Sound
Warren, Rhode Island


www.CelebrationSound.com