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DIY iPhone Video Conferencing App

by Nancy Broden

August 13, 2007 at 6:55 pm · Filed under Mobile Tech, Mobile messaging 2.0, Software, Video Conferencing, iPhone

Mobilewhack reports on “possibly the coolest iPhone app” yet to be devised. The app was hacked by Ken and Greg Aspeslagh during the Iron Coder Live competition at Chicago’s C4 Developer Conference.

The video conferencing application uses your WiFi network, iPhone camera and - here’s the hands-on, shop-class part of the project - a modified Huckleberry mirror that captures and beams the caller’s video to the recipient’s iPhone. The app doesn’t support audio but all you need to do is simply call the person you wish to video conference then turn on the speakerphone.

While I am not a rabid iPhone fan - I’m waiting for the next version to come out before buying one - I love that, true to the Apple spirit, the iPhone is this ‘hackable’, pointing to a future where the mobile experience will be ever more customized to each person’s individual needs and tastes.

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ladyfaa wrote @ February 11th, 2008 at 3:12 am

well i like this gadget but i am not a big fan of rabid iPhone and well waiting for new improved next version and sure will be very easy for the new user like me.

Remington wrote @ August 22nd, 2008 at 4:17 pm

Like you I am not a fun of iPhone. I think the next version will more modern and will be more customized to each person’s needs and tastes as you say in your article. Thank for the photo. Who is on it?

Rey wrote @ September 15th, 2008 at 12:25 pm

It is pleasant to read about a future where the mobile experience will be ever more customized to each person’s individual needs and tastes. Nice article, thank you.

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