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The new 3G iPhone has been released and the industry is abuzz with thoughts and speculation on the particulars. “Twice as fast, half the price” is the mantra being echoed by scores of people in the press. But on further examination it looks as if “half the price” will actually cost consumers an extra $240 per 2 year contract. This still wasn’t enough to stop AT&T’s shares from slipping.

But it’s the new features of the 3G iPhone that really excite us at Next2Friends. Let’s start with the introduction of video. H.264 up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second. This means that we can finally bring Next2Friends Live to the iPhone and open up the world of live streamed video for iPhone users! Development begins the minute we get our hands on one (or maybe sooner).

The next feature of interest to us is the new 2 megapixel camera. Not much to report there but the better the camera the better the picture for things like Next2Friends Snap-Up and Ask.

And of course we can’t forget the ability to connect to a 3G network. Next2Friends Live is completely scalable (unlike our competition) meaning that our picture and audio quality will improve as the robustness of networks improve. With a 3G connection you can easily get a nice 15fps picture. Here’s a test I did:

Hey, I did it to demonstrate picture quality, not bed-making quality or clothes-folding quality! Live is live, warts and all, thats the beauty of this thing we’ve built:-)

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