Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Video Phones
I know...I know. That title may have just cost me all credibility. The truth of the matter is that people have been anticipating the video phone for entirely too long. The biggest problems to date have been poor image quality and inability to penetrate the market.
It looks like someone may have the solution and you’re probably not going to like who it is.
Even though I hardly have time to play anymore, I always like to keep one eye on the happenings in the computer game industry. A lot of new trends evolve out of the industry and turn into something else entirely.
This week is the holy grail of weeks for keeping an eye on the industry. It is the E3 Expo in Los Angeles. All the big companies are there and they are making all kinds of announcements. One of these announcements was Microsoft revealing its desire to add video phone capabilities to its Xbox live system. This is a big deal because there are already over 1 million subscribers to Xbox live. That means that they have broadband and an Xbox. I believe another 10 million have an Xbox without the live service. Xbox live is also available in 22 countries.
I won’t predict that the X-box will be the video phone that we’ve all been waiting for since 1905, but the technologies that spin off of it will be interesting to watch.
It looks like someone may have the solution and you’re probably not going to like who it is.
Even though I hardly have time to play anymore, I always like to keep one eye on the happenings in the computer game industry. A lot of new trends evolve out of the industry and turn into something else entirely.
This week is the holy grail of weeks for keeping an eye on the industry. It is the E3 Expo in Los Angeles. All the big companies are there and they are making all kinds of announcements. One of these announcements was Microsoft revealing its desire to add video phone capabilities to its Xbox live system. This is a big deal because there are already over 1 million subscribers to Xbox live. That means that they have broadband and an Xbox. I believe another 10 million have an Xbox without the live service. Xbox live is also available in 22 countries.
I won’t predict that the X-box will be the video phone that we’ve all been waiting for since 1905, but the technologies that spin off of it will be interesting to watch.
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