Brad Adrian
08-29-2002, 07:01 AM
<a href="http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/August2002/3961.htm">http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/August2002/3961.htm</a><br /><br />The telecommunications news site <a href="http://www.3g.co.uk/">3G</a> reports that France Telecom researchers have developed some software that lets you use your plain old CF still camera as a video conference device.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/adrian/3gvid.jpg" /><br /><br />"This means users can set up a wireless video contact between two pocket PCs, such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). This world premier makes it possible for the first time to easily establish direct connections between two people at remote locations without any wiring. Sound is now enhanced with video: the speaker is displayed on the screen and converses with the same audio quality as a conventional phone call."<br /><br />This could be pretty cool. I know that some people have been disappointed with the picture quality of some of the CF cameras out there, so this could make them even more useful. We can't get *too* excited, though, because laboratory trials will just be starting in October, with full-scale testing in 2003.