Thread: Wow, video chat on the tablets is amazing...
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Jerome is offline Jerome
2008-04-14 , 05:29
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Originally Posted by krisse View Post
Nokia ought to make this a central selling point when advertising the tablet, because video chat can be a pretty amazing and emotional experience. It has all the hallmarks of a "killer app", if only it could be made compatible with a wider range of devices and services.
Here, here! Video chat is THE reason why I bought additional N800s (after the drop in price). For example: my mother lives far away and appreciates to be able to talk and see her grand children. I tried to set up skype on her windows PC a year ago, only to find out that windows PC are so unstable that Skype stopped working after a month. She is not able to set it up or repair it herself. Now I sent her a N800, and it simply works...

IcelandDreams, if you believe everyone can set up SIP, you are mistaken. Not only can it be very tricky to make it work on some routers, there are plenty of people absolutely unable to set up much simpler things. Older people, for example, but also people with little interest in technical devices. Don't forget that there are millions of people unable to set up a VCR clock.