Qik integrates deeply into myTouch 4G’s hardware, Android contact book
Surely you've heard of Qik by now, right? It's most closely linked to Sprint's EVO 4G , but it looks as if the video calling service is now siding with another "4G" carrier: T-Mobile USA
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: conversations, froyo, gloves, hspa, newfangled, rates, sprint, video, video calling, video chat
T-Mobile myTouch announced: Android 2.2, video calling, and HSPA+
Looking a bit like a myTouch 3G Slide sans slide, the newly-announced myTouch -- yes, just "myTouch" -- is the latest addition to the consumer-centric side of T-Mobile's Android lineup, featuring a 3.8-inch WVGA display, 5 megapixel primary camera with 720p capture, and a next-gen MSM8255 Snapdragon core running at 1GHz. Notice how we said "primary camera"?
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: breakingnews, latest, press, release, result, scintillating, video calling, wifi, yahoo-messenger
Tango launches 3G and WiFi video calling on iOS and Android, no account required
Today at San Francisco's Mobilize conference, a company by the name of Tango launched its video calling application, appropriately called... yes, "Tango." Like Fring , it's available for both iOS and Android devices, and handles calls over 3G and WiFi.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, nexus one Tags: connection, engadget, iphone, mobile, tango, video calling
Fring bends under the pressure of iPhone video calling, Skype temporarily locked down
We guess this is a "good" thing in a roundabout way, but Fring has just dropped the knowledge that its video calling update for the iPhone 4 has been so wildly successful that they've been forced to temporarily restrict Skype access to "free up capacity" for direct Fring-to-Fring calls.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: actually-see, apple, engadget, fri, hard-at-work, iphone, iphone 4, iphone4, knowledge, result, skype, the-meantime, thought, video calling, videocalling
Fring update approved for iPhone, does video calling with front cam over 3G
We weren't exactly sure whether Apple was going to approve third-party video calling apps using the front camera on the iPhone 4 , but good news: the answer is "yes." Fring just slid in a new version of its longstanding iPhone app today featuring support for video calling, which is pretty awesome in and of itself -- but the real news is that it works just fine over 3G, as you can see in our quick test above between Chicago and London. This opens the door for services that could have potentially broader implications than FaceTime itself, since Apple's service is limited to WiFi and currently only works between iPhone 4s. Just make sure you're wearing clothes when you call, alright?
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: answer, apple, chicago, clothes, exactly-sure, iphone 4, iphone4, london, news, opens-the-door, party, result, video calling, videocalling
No one to test FaceTime with? Call Apple.
Be it because you have no friends, or simply no friends with an iPhone 4 , Apple's got your back if you're looking for a chum to test that curiously intriguing FaceTime feature .
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: after-cleaning, apple, employee, entry, few-advanced, friend-via, result, video calling, voip
iPhone video conferencing surfaces in supposed test firmware
Need a bit more evidence that the next iPhone will do video conferencing? Then take a good, hard look at the exciting screenshot above, which supposedly comes from a field test firmware for the next-gen iPhone that Apple is apparently working on.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: apple, engadget, iphone, iphone os, iphonehd, iphoneos, iphoneos4.0, moment, offers-yet-more, supposed-test, surfaces, video, video calling, videoconferencing
Fring brings one-way video calling to the iPhone
Fring was the first to bring VoIP calls to the iPhone, and it looks like it's now finally done the same for video calling -- sort of. While it obviously can't do much to change the camera placement on the iPhone, the latest version of the app will at least let iPhone users (and iPod touch users, for that matter) see the person on the other end, and Fring says it'll add two-way video calling whenever "a front camera is placed on these." As with the company's app for Nokia devices, you'll also be able to make video calls to Skype users, but you'll have to make sure you're in the vicinity of a WiFi hotspot, as this one doesn't support calls on 3G
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 1st-2009, chris-aversa, engadget, htc, iphone, iphone 3gs, iphone app, iphone3g, iphone3gs, iphoneapp, phone, report, unverified, video calling, video calls
Fring adds Skype video support on S60, threatens to make front cams useful
Considering the proliferation of 3G, WiFi, in-home broadband, and front-facing cameras on phones, you'd think that there'd be far more obvious ways to bridge video calls between phones and PCs -- but alas, it's virtually impossible, particularly in the States where carriers have a complete aversion to the topic. Enter Fring -- one of the mobile industry's VoIP pioneers that has spread its love from Symbian to almost every smartphone platform worth mentioning over the years -- which is stepping out today with a new build for S60 handsets that offers video support through Skype.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: BlackBerry, engadget-show, fring, htc, mobile, podcasts, report, return-false, s60, skype, symbian, video calling, videocalling