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From: David Stodolsky <>
Subject: Re: Postponing "the future" to the 22nd Century 
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 11:39:07 +0100

On 13 Jan 2007, at 04:36, Chris Manning wrote:

> One thing people envisaged when I was a child in the 60s, which has  
> *not*
> become a reality, is the video phone. I would be grateful if anyone  
> can
> explain, in not-too-technical language, why that is so.

Video doesn't add much to a communication. Voice and images  
(sketches, etc.) are totally adequate for most communications.

Video phones are becoming available now, however, since they are a  
profitable additional service when every phone already has a camera  
and digital processing built in.


dss


David Stodolsky    Skype: davidstodolsky

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