Video Calling - Do you?

partyatmygaff

Well today after pleasantly finding out with Meteor's new 3G network that Video Calls cost the same as a voice call and are tooken out of your minutes just as a voice call, ive been making an effort to video call everyone i know instead of voice
Ive an n95 8gb so the camera is superb (Yes im talking about the video calling camera not the 5mpx main camera)


Great stuff and quite handy in some occasions
Does anyone else use video calling, was all a big fuss when the first video calling phones came out but now its seemingly becoming pretty much standard.

AlmightyCushion

Never used it. Probably never will unless there is a good reason for it.

1huge1

atari jaguar

I remember when I joined 3 about three years ago and I was like wow video calling thats so cool and thought it was going to be the next big thing in mobile communications...

A month later and it was a total gimmick

Mimikyu

atari jaguar

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Sam Vimes

atari jaguar

apparently deaf people make use of it but i've had a video phone since 2005 and i've only done it a handful of times. Mostly to moon people remotely

blaz

atari jaguar

I've had a 3G phone for the past year and in this time I made a single video call. It was a 10 second test call to my friend in the same room...

AlmightyCushion

Sam Vimes wrote: »

Mostly to moon people remotely

I must try that one some time.

robinph

atari jaguar

Don't think I'd really want to be looking at anyone when talking on the phone, would be a bit weird holding the phone oout infrojnt of you as well. Although I do do video Skype type calling but I'm sat down infront of a PC then and not wandering round the streets.

drunkmonkey

No

only when i'm need of the lovin squeeze:D

LEIN

atari jaguar

Waste of time and money! Never have and never will.

drunkmonkey

No

Damo9090 wrote: »

Waste of time and money! Never have and never will.

what every happend to the try everything 3 times rule

LEIN

atari jaguar

drunkmonkey wrote: »

what every happend to the try everything 3 times rule

That only stands for women, food and drink.

Not money spinning gimmicks.

elderlemon

I just tried it the other day from my E71 to my daughters samsung - didn't work! Does it have to be enabled on your sim or account or what?

Random

elderlemon wrote: »

I just tried it the other day from my E71 to my daughters samsung - didn't work! Does it have to be enabled on your sim or account or what?

Your phone and network need to support it.

120_Minutes

atari jaguar

apart from a couple of test calls, never.

drunkmonkey

No

Random wrote: »

Your phone and network need to support it.

which networks officaly support video calling?

Tannylan

atari jaguar

No never

LEIN

atari jaguar

drunkmonkey wrote: »

which networks officaly support video calling?

They all should. You just need a supported hand set and the settings to go with it.

drunkmonkey

No

Damo9090 wrote: »

They all should. You just need a supported hand set and the settings to go with it.

i don't think 02 and Meteor do...

LEIN

atari jaguar

You may be right about o2 have the 3G Nokia 6500s and just tried to call the gf to check and it aint working.

Not sure about Meteor.

drunkmonkey

No

Damo9090 wrote: »

You may be right about o2 have the 3G Nokia 6500s and just tried to call the gf to check and it aint working.

Not sure about Meteor.

I can't video call my mate on 02 either and he's got an n95.....

I meant to say tesco and 02, I think Meteor might support it in parts of Cork and Dublin, which is feckin usless to the rest of the country.....

Just laughing to myself about all the iphone users who can't video call each other to show off there iphones....that must suck:D

LEIN

atari jaguar

drunkmonkey wrote: »

I can't video call my mate on 02 either and he's got an n95.....

And o2 is the second biggest mobile operator in Ireland! Ah well i still think its a money spinner.

drunkmonkey

No

Damo9090 wrote: »

have the 3G Nokia 6500s and just tried to call the gf to check and it aint working.
.

what network is she with? Are you sure your phone is locked onto the 3G network and you'r in coverage, i've seem some 02 3G phones locked onto 2G only....also try removing the battery and restarting the phone just to make sure you'e ruled out any other glitch..

LEIN

atari jaguar

drunkmonkey wrote: »

what network is she with? Are you sure your phone is locked onto the 3G network and you'r in coverage, i've seem some 02 3G phones locked onto 2G only....also try removing the battery and restarting the phone just to make sure you'e ruled out any other glitch..

Yeah every thing was in order. She is on the o2 network with a 3G phone also. Might give it a bash again later and see what happens.

Sam Vimes

atari jaguar

drunkmonkey wrote: »

I think Meteor might support it in parts of Cork and Dublin, which is feckin usless to the rest of the country.....

they do support it on their 3g network. As do 3 which is feckin useless to the roughly 50% or so of the country not covered by their 3g coverage (50% estimated based on 85% population coverage). It's a similar situation for vodafone. O2 never supported video calls for some reason

not that anyone noticed since no one really makes video calls

jimmycrackcorm

No

Video calling is as popular as using your loudspeaker function.

drunkmonkey

No

Sam Vimes wrote: »

estimated based on 85% population coverage

That's roughly 3,605,042 million Irish people that could possibly make a video call tomorrow...

the Glass is half full Sam:D

Sam Vimes

atari jaguar

drunkmonkey wrote: »

That's roughly 3,605,042 million Irish people that could possibly make a video call tomorrow...

the Glass is half full Sam:D

unless you're talking about meteor, in which case having coverage in the two most populated places in the country is 'feckin useless'.....

3 are just as 'feckin useless' as meteor for video calls in the huge parts of the country where they have no 3g coverage

Jonathan

atari jaguar

/Grabs more pop corn

Sam Vimes

atari jaguar

[dramatic voice]IT BEGINS[/dramatic voice]

Jonathan

atari jaguar

Sam Vimes wrote: »

[dramatic voice]IT BEGINS[/DRAMATIC VOICE]

You forgot to press hash there to change to lower case :P

Sam Vimes

atari jaguar

i don't know what you mean

Jonathan

atari jaguar

Sam Vimes wrote: »

i don't know what you mean

quotes never lie sam

Sam Vimes

atari jaguar

jmccrohan wrote: »

i, jmccrohan, agree to give sam vimes 1 million euro

you're absolutely right. Will that be cash or charge

Jonathan

atari jaguar

Sam Vimes wrote: »

you're absolutely right. Will that be cash or charge

Heh heh heh.. made me lol

Tarakiwa

No

I had never used it until just recently.

I am a Meteor customer living in Louth.
Video calls are exactly the same price as normal calls on Meteor so now I make as many of my calls as possible on video - it might just be a novelty thing at the moment but I am really enjoying it!

I really thought that it would be more expensive - in fact I probably would have paid a bit more for a video call but I certainly am not complainiang that they are giving it at the same price as a normal call!

elderlemon

How come when I try a video call it says "video call not supported by network"?. This is on Vodafone!

Sam Vimes

atari jaguar

you have to have 3g coverage. What type of phone do you have?

elderlemon

Have 3G coverage. Handset is E71. Very strange.

Sam Vimes wrote: »

you have to have 3g coverage. What type of phone do you have?

Sam Vimes

atari jaguar

how old is your sim card? Under your coverage indicator is there the word 3G and below that two solid arrows facing opposite directions? And is there a line through the arrows?

elderlemon

Its a 3G sim card - had it upgraded a year or two ago and I definately have 3g coverage ( and use it all the time for browsing ,mfe etc). I'll give voda a shout and see what's up.

Sam Vimes wrote: »

how old is your sim card? Under your coverage indicator is there the word 3G and below that two solid arrows facing opposite directions? And is there a line through the arrows?

spagbol

atari jaguar

Once I realised you could not see and be seen at the same time without flipping the phone round contstantly, I never did it again (Nokia 6234). Load of hype :rolleyes:

Sam Vimes

atari jaguar

spagbol wrote: »

Once I realised you could not see and be seen at the same time without flipping the phone round contstantly, I never did it again (Nokia 6234). Load of hype :rolleyes:

most 3g phones have a front camera so you don't have to do that. and for the ones that don't you point it in the mirror

radiospan

Haven't gotten it to work yet. I'm on Meteor in 3G coverage, but I don't think I have a 3G sim. I got this one years ago, do I just ask in a Meteor store for a 3G sim? Is it free?