Skype Adds Video Chat, T-Mobile Commercials Rendered Silly
Skype then (covertly) launched their 3.0 update which allows for video chats over 3G. I was saying "a-ha!" when Mariska Hargitay was busting some young punk for kidnapping a girl after a party. I'm pretty sure she died, Ice T will sort out the mess I'm sure.
So yes, the iPhone now has the almighty capability of making video chats over its regular network, but the feature sucks up a whopping 3.4 MB/sec. It allows you to talk to your other Skype wielding buddies on any sort of device, and even works in portrait and landscape. Best of all, it runs fairly smooth even if both users are stuck on a 3G network, although nothing, not even Santa Clause, can make 3G work smoothly in certain areas.
With a feature as amazing as this, it comes as a shock that Skype didn't publicize the launch more. The 3.0 launch could've been a big deal, like Super Bowl ad big, had they put some thought into marketing the update. Instead, the update released in the middle of the night, to no fanfare, while I was sitting up in bed watching Law and Order. Silly Skype. Maybe they were too upset about China's ruling to make the service illegal in their closed off country to remember about this massive update.
Happy video chatting! Be sure to watch that data usage though, the gigabytes will fly by if you don't watch out.
Note: The youtube video below is about as strange as it gets. Something tells me that Skype wants their service to be the next Chatroulette... if you get my drift.
[Data usage source: 9to5 Mac]
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