Made my first ever video cellphone call today, from me to Chris, via the Vodafone 3G network. Here’s how it went:
JSR: “…..w00t! It works!”
Chris: “Yeah! I can totally see you!”
J: “I can see you, too. Some pixelisation when you move around, in the background especially.”
C: “Same here. It works, though.”
J: “Hell yes. We are totally mighty fucking spacemen of tomorrow, right here.”
C: “That we are!”
J: “Yep.”
C: “Yep.”
[Pause]
J: “So .. uh .. I can see you’re busy at work so ..”
C: “Yeah, kinda. You also appear to be at work, so…”
J: “Okay then, talk to you later. Bye.”
C: “Okay, bye.”
[Click]
It didn’t actually go click – it’s more of a beeble-borble-bleep, but that’s because industrial designers have seen the same sci-fi shows as the rest of us, and they know how this shit should kinda work.
Still, there it is. The Vidcom. The Comkey. The Televisor. Fuck yes.
January 19, 2006 at 5:02 pm
*coughs* geeks *coughs* 🙂
January 19, 2006 at 9:19 pm
Very Jetsons 🙂