Disqus
While video conferencing isn’t what you’d call a popular mobile activity, the supporting hardware is something we’ve been seeing in smartphones for years now, and it looks like RIM is deciding to catch up. According to a conversation with an anonymous RIM executive at the Brainstorm: Tech conference, the first BlackBerry with a forward-facing conference camera will be making its way out in early 2010. Lack of concrete proof aside, it certainly sounds viable, and having at least one product with video conferencing capabilities would fill the demand (however small it may be). Is anyone seriously hurting for a feature like this?
[via TinyComb]
About The Author
Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
-
GadgetBurn
