Bad hair days on video chats are a thing of the past with NTT Docomo’s hands-free video phone. Of course, a hat is a lighter solution because this heavy headgear has multiple cameras to render you as a finely detailed, and possibly better looking, avatar. Read more »
I don’t use FaceTime all that often, which is why this neat little Arduino-based hack is so cool: It basically guarantees someone will call me using Apple’s video chat service. Plus, that someone will also be a dog called Chewie. Read more »
Many mainstream consumers were introduced to mobile video chat via Apple’s FaceTime service, but video calling from phones has been around for a while and works on regular cellular networks. Now that we have a number of mobile video chat services, which are you using? Read more »
Tango is used to seeing a bump in registrations whenever a new smartphone is released. But last week’s launch of the iPhone 4S gave it an even bigger lift than usual, with record registration numbers that were up 35 percent higher than usual. Read more »
Late Monday night, Skype for iPad finally went live in the U.S. App Store, but only temporarily. We managed to grab the app before it disappeared (you can still find it in some international stores), and here’s what you can expect now that it has returned. Read more »
Tango has raised an additional $42 million led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson. The mobile video chat provider will use that to ramp up hiring and compete against offerings from Skype and others. To do that, it will soon launch a desktop video chat app. Read more »
Video chat provider ooVoo has just released an iPhone app, allowing users to leverage multiplatform video chat on their Apple devices. By doing so, iPhone and iPod touch users can launch video chat sessions with up to five of their friends, wherever they are. Read more »
Google grabbed headlines when it made Google Talk functionality available on Android version 2.3.4, launching first on the Google Nexus S. But now there’s an option for the rest of the Android ecosystem, as tiny SkyMobius has issued the latest version of its Vtok app. Read more »
Fring released an update Thursday for its iPhone app that brings group video chat over Wi-Fi and 3G to the service. Android users can also get in on the action, using Wi-Fi, 3G or 4G and both platforms can talk to each other. Read more »
Qik has launched a new mobile app that will allow nearly all Android mobile users to video chat with their iPhone- and iPad-toting friends. That could opens its potential user base beyond just the few manufacturers and carriers it had struck deals with. Read more »
Mobile app maker SkyMobius has released a new version of its Vtok mobile video chat app that is optimized for the iPad 2. The new version of the iOS app will enable on-the-go iPad owners to video chat with their Google Talk friends. Read more »
Mobile video chat was all the rage last year. But the new battleground is now becoming group video chat. Oovoo kicked off the competition late last year and now Fring is keeping pace with a group video calls, a new feature now launching in limited beta. Read more »
Skype makes it official; it’s pushing ahead with a major mobile video chat effort starting with an update to its iOS client. Skype believes this will be a major step in further mainstreaming video chat in general and accelerating the adoption of mobile video conferencing. Read more »
Skype appears poised to finally launch a new mobile video chat service that should help propel mobile video conferencing into the mainstream. The communications platform is expected to unveil its mobile video offering at CES and has been recently teasing what the service could look like. Read more »
Mobile video chat provider Tango hit 4 million users on Android and iPhone after launching two months ago and will now take its act to the iPod Touch. The expansion to the iPod Touch should continue Tango’s growth and shows the company is ready to compete. Read more »
A new mobile application from video chat startup ooVoo takes video quality to the next level, posing a threat to existing apps like Qik, FaceTime and Tango. How? It offloads video processing into the cloud, lowering overhead on low-power devices like mobile phones. Read more »
Users are increasingly excited by the introduction of Apple’s new FaceTime mobile video chat application, but people use their mobile phones differently than they use other forms of video chat. What are the new rules for video chat when your phone is your camera? Read more »
