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ASUS Eee Videophone launches in the UK

by Scott Bicheno on 3 April 2009, 17:25

Tags: ASUSTeK (TPE:2357), Skype

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Video over IP

Reports of this ASUS/Skype videophone first emerged last September, but it's taken another six months for the Eee Videophone to finally be launched in the UK.

This first of what is expected to be a family of videophone products from ASUS has a 7 inch display and a webcam that claims to operate well under low light conditions. It has both Wi-Fi and wired connectivity and is available from either Amazon or the Skype shop for around £220.

That's about it, really. Here is the official spec and a helpful photo of how you might use it if you were a bird talking to what we presume is a bloke. Can you see a use for a device like this? Let us know in the HEXUS.community discussion forums.

 

 

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Posted by miniyazz - Fri 03 Apr 2009 18:49
Let's just say that I could have a video conference with Skype using my desktop computer, powered only by my UPS, for longer than the battery on that thing. And at 1.6kg it's hardly portable, and certainly not worth the money. If I felt the need for one of these things, I'd buy a netbook. Even though I consider those overpriced, they offer far more than this videophone for little more money and are considerably more portable because the battery actually lasts longer than enough time to say hi how are you.
And for a videophone dedicated device, why does it not record video in the same resolution as the screen? Either that means most products record at higher res so it needs to display in higher res, or it has hardly been thought through.
Posted by 3dcandy - Sat 04 Apr 2009 15:05
miniyazz
Let's just say that I could have a video conference with Skype using my desktop computer, powered only by my UPS, for longer than the battery on that thing. And at 1.6kg it's hardly portable, and certainly not worth the money. If I felt the need for one of these things, I'd buy a netbook. Even though I consider those overpriced, they offer far more than this videophone for little more money and are considerably more portable because the battery actually lasts longer than enough time to say hi how are you.
And for a videophone dedicated device, why does it not record video in the same resolution as the screen? Either that means most products record at higher res so it needs to display in higher res, or it has hardly been thought through.

I reckon it would be plugged in 24/7 - but I totally agree with your points, and in fact, what is the point of this apart from giving it to your granny who can't use a pc….wait, maybe that's it!
Posted by aeonf242 - Sun 05 Apr 2009 12:43
Amstrad MarkII?