Motorola recently told Reuters that they'll come up with two to four new Android phones with video calling capabilities this year.
Motorola's CEO, Sanjay Jha, recently told Reuters that this year's phone line-up will include two to four phones with front facing cameras that could be used for mobile video-conferencing. Sanjay Jha doesn't think video-conferencing is a driving factor in the smartphone market, but Motorola will support the technology anyway. We see where he's coming from.
When you experience hiccups during a mobile Web browsing session, it quickly becomes rather annoying, but you usually get what you need eventually. Millions of people around the world carry video calling capabilities in their pockets today, but mobile networks and handsets don't necessary live up to the requirement of an instantaneous experience.
Also, until carriers figure out how to charge for video calling in a way that consumers see the value in using it, video calling via mobile networks will be, like on the HTC EVO 4G, a feature that is primarily valued by mobile professionals. A rumor earlier this year suggested that O2 UK would offer iPhone video calls at the same price as regular calls. However, during the iPhone 4 announcement the other day, Apple said that the FaceTime application will be Wi-Fi only in 2010.
In the U.S., where video calling is brand new, it'll regardless be common to connect your devices to LTE networks when video calling features reach mass distribution. Video calls ala the rumored O2 UK price structure could be a great way for carriers to maintain a fixed monthly call charge on its subscriptions, and there's no better company to attract consumers to the idea than Apple and its new FaceTime application right now.
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