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December 7, 2009

Myth Busters: Why No iPhone Videochat?

The Gizmodo guys, disguised as the ☞ myth busters, are destroying all possible explanations of not having videochat support on the iPhone:

  • AT&T overloaded 3G network: make it work on WiFi first
  • limited processing power: nonsense
  • required VGA camera too expensive or big: other phones already have it

Conclusion:

My only guess: They just want to milk the hell out of their user base. They know their game, these Cupertino boys and girls. They know they have the market by the balls. They know they can keep churning out marginal upgrades …

And to confirm the conclusion I have found a ☞ videoconferencing kit for iPhone (nb: that’s a very good joke).