the first ever video phone!

[difenbaker]

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/qf/c/PopularScience/7-1964/lrg_video_phone.jpg


http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/24/videophone



... so having video calls, seeing the person you're talking to at the same time, isn't so revolutionary after all. :D

cheers!

[666joe]

Yeh but you try fitting that in your pocket...and only $250 !!! so cheaper than a V3x lol

Also that pic looks a bit static - any idea on the the screen rate ? 0.5fps ? gotta love history, Nokia started with car+truck tyres after all and now dominate the mobile phone world...!

[Daedalus]

Its not a moving picture, the image states its just a 'picture' will apear, says nothing about video.

[Jose_R.A.M]

this is a must have of 2006!:p

[carcomptoy]

Oh yes definitely!

[s02264849]

They should implement this feature on microwave ovens :D

[carcomptoy]

Oh yes...that way you can get radiation while calling?:p

[brad]

Oh yes...that way you can get radiation while calling?:p
Like we don't already get that.

[carcomptoy]

Well, even more...you know what I mean;)

[dmitri]

I dont really know how it works.. but i'd imagine there's some type of carrier wave (ala fax machine) that would play as soon as the person answered. That would trigger one of the photos in that big box to pop into the little glass window.

That's how things worked back then.. I remember helping set up a trigger to hang up and disconnect a modem remotely back in the day..