As we know, Skype is a technology that allows us to "be there", without actually "being there". Its more than just a phone call, and its more than just an instant messaging system, its a new and innovative way of communication between two or more people, that allows the users to physically see each other through the use of a webcam on each sending and receiving device. This webcam along with satellite technology transmits a physical motion picture of the user, unlike a telephone, or an instant messenger. These lower level technologies lack face-to-face communication and therefore create a barrier between the communicators and their message.
Skype has inspired the development of webcam communication software all over. With these ideas, Face Time was created by apple for mac computers, which then eventually made it to the mobile time. Phones are now manufactured with cameras on both the front and the back of the phone, which allows you to point the phone at you, and look into the phone to see the person you are speaking with and vice versa. This process is similar to that from the computer, where one camera transmits while the screen serves as a platform for visual communication. Other brands have also copied this form of "Mobile Skype" including T mobile with BobSled, and the actual mobile Skype on the blackberry functional system. So now you can Skype on the go. You can talk and walk at the same time. You no longer have to sit at your computer to Skype or "video chat" someone. Now you and your receiver can be in two places at once!
Sources:
www.apple.com
http://www.apple.com/mac/facetime/
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