We’ve got visual evidence that Video Conferencing will eventually make its way to the iPhone OS and its supported hardware. 9t05Mac has found icons in the iPhone SDK 3.2 Beta with file names like “Accept Video” and “Decline or End Video.”
There’s also code in the iPad ‘s telephony apps that mention video chat, further supporting the theory that the iPad and/or iPhone will support video conferencing.
While all of this is interesting, is anyone really surprised?
In general, Apple is an innovator in computing and consumer electronics, leading and many times creating entire categories of products. They were the first manufacturer to include webcams in all their MacBooks and iMacs, so it’s clear that they believe in the technology and their widespread use supports that.
Video conferencing in handheld wireless devices is a natural step in the evolution of this type of communication. (Just as soon as the wireless carriers can handle it.)
I believe that the first device to support videoconferencing will be a fourth generation iPhone which I predict that we’ll see at WWDC in June of this year. When that model of communication has been proven and technology catches up to our expectations (bandwidth, cheaper high resolution cameras) then we’ll likely see a front-facing camera and video conferencing in the second generation iPad. But not in March 2010.
[9to5Mac]
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