Comments on: AT&T Video Share launches across the country

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:29:16 +0000

it is in real time. and there are atleast 6 phone models that will/do support the feature. as far as PTT goes at&t dropped the ball on this feature basically due to lack of manufacturer support on the handset side. It needs to be in EVERY phone, if they dont add vid share to every phone it will die.

By: bye_bye_jack

bye_bye_jack — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:34:12 +0000

very cool and just the tip of the iceberg. this is a big part of the future and at&t is getting out early, thankfully.

By: hozay

hozay — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:04:28 +0000

There’s some misinformation here.. Both parties DO NOT need to have 3G devices however both parties WILL need to have a later edition 3G SIM card which at&t has been providing for about a year or so now. The only party that has to have the specific device to share the vid is the person sending the video.

PTT is coming around as well. I have at least 10 or so contacts that I communicate with that have PTT. It’s just not marketed strongly yet.

By: Randy

Randy — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:45:41 +0000

If its not in Real-time then what makes this different from recoding myself via camera and sending the clip via MMS? I’ve seen many Euro phones w/ front facing cameras, Is this what they use? This is kind of a let down…

By: Jeff B.

Jeff B. — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:44:06 +0000

Ya know he was probably comparing what might happen in the US to that of PTT. I mean you can’t say it’s going to work (or sell) but it is a step in the right direction for cingular(at&t) and it brings us closer to the future of video calling in every hand or home I mean this is pulling the US cellular market into the future by a big ass step. We’ll just have to see what happens.

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:19:29 +0000

I can’t believe you just compared the success (or lack thereof) of PTT to the success of Video Share. I’d say millions of people around the world have found video calling useful. Where have you been?

By: Jeff B.

Jeff B. — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:18:50 +0000

Yes victor I am competing and I don’t think at&t(cingular), sorry, cingular(at&t) will let this grow because they run the company the way the consumer wouldn’t but hey they’re still in business so they have to be doing something right…just not the cutting edge stuff…except 3G, that shit is sweet.

By: JS

JS — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:22:44 +0000

Sweet… but I don’t think anyone is going to actually go for it in the US… except for some of us of course…

By: victor

victor — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:17:22 +0000

Jeff B. are you also competing to be 1st Comment.
I am curious to see how well this survives specially when compared to that of the PTT technology that they promote. I feel bad that it is almost worthless to own a PTT capable cellphone. Maybe with video share they will be able to open a bit more grown. Although the pricing cost look horrible, they should just make it unlimited and set a fixed price making it possible for any 3g phone (with the optional OS upgrade) to use it.

By: Jeff B.

Jeff B. — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:58:59 +0000

Well…I called at&t and they are like well it doeasnt work with the blackjack but it only works with the LG CU500V and the SYNC from SAMSUNG and yea it’s useless crap since you need a 3G phone and one of the two listed above so it’s just as crappy as their tech support. Oooooooooo major ponage!!!!
First to comment beat y’all!!