April 15, 2005
Videophone For Cheap
The great thing about VoIP is that it is not just limited to
voice because you can also transfer video if you so please. However, this
side of VoIP is not exploding like the rest of the market. For instance,
8x8, a videophone producer, has cut the price of their phones by nearly
75%. From an original starting price of 500 dollars, it has dropped all
the way to 99 dollars. While it is a videophone however, it can complete
calls to non-video phones as well.
Personally, I have always seen videophones as a thing for science-fiction
movies and corporate meetings. The technology is by no means new, but it
has never grabbed a hold of the consumer's imagination. Many companies
fail to see the beauty of a regular telephone, because you don't have to look
good to talk to people on it. A question I always ask is: Who wants to
see someone that just got up at 6am? And: Who really wants to answer the
phone and know someone is watching you at 6am? Companies need to get the
pictures and realize that if people wanted videophones, they might actually
have bought them. According to TeleComWeb:
"We believe that by dramatically lowering the cost of entry, we will diminish the hurdle facing consumers who have shown strong interest in purchasing our broadband videophone but are precluded from doing so because of the price," said 8x8 Chairman & CEO Bryan Martin in a prepared statement explaining the price cut.
Read more at: 8x8 Slashes VoIP Videophone Prices By 75%
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