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`sci-tech > personal technology > story page
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`First mobile videophone
`introduced
`
`May 18, 1999
`Web posted at: 3:56 p.m. EDT (1956 GMT)
`
`(CNN) -- Videophones are
`nothing new. They are telephones
`with built-in cameras that can
`transmit choppy video images
`making phone conversations something of a dress-up affair.
`
`ALSO
`Please hold for smart phones
`
`But now, a Japanese company has unveiled what it says is the world's
`first mobile videophone. The VisualPhone VP-210 is the brainchild of
`Kyocera Corporation.
`
`The mobile videophone is the same size as any normal mobile phone,
`but it comes equipped with a small built-in camera and a two-inch color
`LCD screen.
`
`Along with the audio signal, the VP-210 transmits and receives images
`in real time at a rate of about two frames per second.
`
`The VisualPhone also works as a camera. It will store up to 20 JPEG
`images. The VP-210 can also send or receive e-mail messages
`containing images to personal computers or other devices through the
`Internet via e-mail services.
`
`Hajime Kimura, a Kyocera marketing executive, says the device can be
`used in many different ways. "Users can use this phone not only to talk
`visually to their counterparts, but also they will be able to use it for
`business purposes. For example, if a constructor brings this phone to a
`site under construction, he can show what the site is like to the people
`at headquarters using this phone. So, they can do business checking the
`situation at real time."
`
`Kyocera plans to put the new phone on the market towards the end of
`July, retailing at a cost of 40,000 yen ($325)
`
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