Video Phone Review - An Honest Review Of The Product
There are many players in this market as it continues to grow. Companies like Cisco, Polycom, Aiptek, LG, Skype, Aiphone and a slew of others compete in video phone market space. Even Donald Trump featured a company on his show, the Celebrity Apprentice, no once but twice, showcasing this technology. Do you think "The Donald" promotes anything that is not profitable? (Ok. Maybe so, if you pay him enough) Cisco announced last year at the Consumer Electronics Show that it would spend approximately $3 billion dollars for a company to manufacture a home version of their Telepresence product. A company that is spending that type of cash is not in it to be 2nd or 3rd. Better yet, they're not investing that type of money to be "somewhat" profitable.
Competition
The video phone calling market does have competition. Not only is there competition in this market, some companies are doing it for free. Skype offers a free calling feature to their members that allows you to see the person you are talking to. It was featured on CNN and, at the time, they were contemplating charging for the service. The drawback is that the service is very choppy (you ALWAYS get what you pay for). So with companies offering free services, how do companies plan to compete?.
Mobile
What about on mobile phones? Right now you can have video capability on just about any smartphone out there. There are free apps like Tango that allows you to see the person you are talking to right from your smart phone. iPhone has FaceTime that does the same thing. So with the purchase of your smart phone, video phone features are built right in, for free. With so many people using their cell phones as home phones, you would think that the market gets smaller and smaller for this product. However, if you have seen the actual service in action on your mobile device you wouldn't be all that thrilled. It is a great concept and it works OK but I am just glad it's free.
Cost
As previously mentioned, you can't beat free. But anyone looking to purchase, right now they range anywhere from $166 to $660 for the higher end equipment. Again, Cisco didn't pay big money to lose, so with all the talk of free video phone calling and equipment being given away, this is a highly profitable industry and experts predict that this will become the standard home phone over the next 7 to 10 years. Are you on board with this new technology?
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What can I say about apple iphone?
I think that the iPhone is a great phone, no doubt about that, but that it's competition is very noteworthy.
1. The iPhone is simply the iTouch, with some extra features. You get a phone, a camera, a microphone, and 3G. If all you really wanted was the iPhone's UI (User Interface, or what the phone looks like when you turn it on, and how you use it, etc.), just do as i did, and get a nice iTouch and a cell phone.
2. The iPhone is no longer the best smartphone out there, as it is now competing with the Motorola Droid (which I own). The Droid is superior in some aspects. It has a physical keyboard and the virtual keyboard. It has a much bigger screen with many more pixels (so you see more, and images are crisper, and websites are easier to read, etc.). However, Apple's App Store is one of the most attractive things about the iPhone, with more than 100,000 apps available for purchase/download, Apple is appealing to every potential iPhone user. Nevertheless, Android (the software running the Droid) has its own Marketplace (its version of the App Store), complete with more than 10,000 apps, which isn't too bad considering how much longer the iPhone has been out. The Droid also has a stunning camera (5 megapixels), complete with 2 LED flash, and video capabilities, which is way better than what iPhone has to offer. Both play games, and both have accelerometers.
The Droid is also a lot better for social networking. You will get a notification (like a text message, except not) when anything important happens on Facebook, Google Talk, or if you get EMail.
The Droid is also the first phone which runs Google Maps Navigation, which acts as a GPS.
3.AT&T vs. Verizon
AT&T has horrible coverage compared to Verizon. My dad has the iPhone, and he rarely gets full reception, whereas I (Verizon w/ Droid) rarely *don't* have full coverage. If you live in a metropolitan area, you should be fine, but with Verizon, there are many less chances to lose coverage.
I personally love the Droid, and the iPhone as toys, but only the Droid as an actual phone. Hope my review helps!
Samsung will launch its new Omnia phone for ATT
Samsung Omnia want to be a smart phone. Features: Omnia will be compatible with HSDPA 7.2 mbps, EDGE, GPRS and Quad-band GSM technologies. The internal memory will be 8GB or 16GB.
