FaceTime? Face Palm More Like...
Posted on Wed 9th Jun 2010 · Real Life · 3 Comments
Back in 2007 (the same year as the first iPhone was released) I was sporting a Nokia N95. No one else seems to have picked up on this, so Ill say it, Ill burst the bubble.
My Nokia N95 had a front facing camera which done video calls. Yeah. It did. - Wait. No, yea, it did.
Quotes from the iPhone 4 promo video:
"We're bringing video calling, to the world!" <-- No, no your not, Its been done, Is done, and on a better scale. No wifi? oh well..
"Its going to change the way we communicate, forever." <-- Wrong.
"The first time i had a facetime call, i was blown away!" <-- Fair enough Scott. You did make it. Your allowed to be impressed by your own work.
"what makes it even better, is it switches from the front camera, to the back camera!" <-- Yea, my 3 year old Nokia N95 STILL does that.
Yea so whatever. Just saying.
Discuss.
# Paul Fraser · Wed 9th Jun 2010
Thank you Chris, point & case!
I'm not saying the 3G video calling back then was amazing, I used it twice at most. It was slow, pixelated and cost a bomb to use, it was however 'mobile' and not tied to 'use it EVERYWHERE (whereyouhavewifi)'.
Judging by the keynote demo of facetimes sluggish performance, I would say it's no better, no worst.
Alas this isn't a revelution in new technology, which is my point, I like and want the new iPhone, apple just need to more carefully pick there advantages. :)
# Tam Denholm · Thu 10th Jun 2010
My LG Viewty which is older than time itself does this too.
# Chris Leighton Brandrick · Wed 9th Jun 2010
My 2006 k800i was doing this, and I even used it a few times. Sure the video quality over 3G was pretty shoddy, but hey it worked.
I too am puzzled as to why Apple is making so much noise about this.
(http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/k800i )