Ten gadgets we (and the world) forgot

Posted by , 07 December 2008 | 2

TV video phones – here’s grandma. She still alive?

TV video phones – here’s grandma. She still alive?

  • #03

    Atari Lynx – somebody had to get this ball rolling

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  • #01

    Sony MiniDisc – thanks, but no thanks

They were meant to put you in distant relatives’ front rooms, but the first video phones introduced in the early 90s had such a puny frame rate that it was a bit like talking to a photograph. Two decades later, webcams are doing just as bad a job of it.

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2 Comments on TV video phones – here’s grandma. She still alive?

Actiongirl Comment posted 16 months ago

dead as a dodo.

Longtal Comment posted 16 months ago

Haven't got into the webcam yet - it just doesn't appeal, and those that I do view now and then are all terribly jerky - too much like hard work right now.

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