Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Idea factory: It's officially a flood! Skype on your cell

Oh boy. I can't sleep until I write this down! 

Now that we have blazing fast Wi-fi (read my previous post), how about some video telephony? Say you're in a coversation with someone (maybe that someone special :) and decide you want to see the other person's face (or maybe more importantly you're out of your daytime minutes). Both of you determine that you have access to free reasonably good quality wifi (either at home or even at work). So you initiate a conversation over wifi, a video conversation like skype in fact using that same userid. Remember, you still haven't dropped off the cellphone call. One you determine that both of you are sufficiently happy with the wifi call, you simply switch over seamlessly and terminate the cellphone call. Voila!! Free unlimited talking. So who's going to sell this cellphone now?

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