Re:Where are our video phones?
by egberts1 on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @02:19PM
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We all have videophones on our Apple iPhone/iPad/iWatch and macOS laptops and use Signal app with our Android cellphone friends.
My entire extended family use videophone everyday for the past 12 years. (We are a Deaf-related family). Heck, we can even sign to a FCC-certified operator and they'll translate into spoken words to just about ANYBODY (include the dreaded navigation of press-5-for-somewhere-in-the-IT-dept and voicemail hell) and do the reverse in turn ... many times a day.
The good part? During grocery shopping (you detest that, don't you, but you detest the rant-n-raving of the wrong selection more) and unsure of which can of chile con carne, chile w/o beans, chile with beans, chile beans, chile beans with meat or something to get, videophone your spouse and show the shelf racks.
Best for watching baby's first-step, graduation, first bicyling, "Look, Ma! NO HANDS!", and many more.
It's awesome that we can see each other's warm face from up to 9,000 miles away whenever we want.
What's the big deal? Oh, you don't have an Apple product? Sorry.
My entire extended family use videophone everyday for the past 12 years. (We are a Deaf-related family). Heck, we can even sign to a FCC-certified operator and they'll translate into spoken words to just about ANYBODY (include the dreaded navigation of press-5-for-somewhere-in-the-IT-dept and voicemail hell) and do the reverse in turn ... many times a day.
The good part? During grocery shopping (you detest that, don't you, but you detest the rant-n-raving of the wrong selection more) and unsure of which can of chile con carne, chile w/o beans, chile with beans, chile beans, chile beans with meat or something to get, videophone your spouse and show the shelf racks.
Best for watching baby's first-step, graduation, first bicyling, "Look, Ma! NO HANDS!", and many more.
It's awesome that we can see each other's warm face from up to 9,000 miles away whenever we want.
What's the big deal? Oh, you don't have an Apple product? Sorry.