NECN.com video interview with Cisco CEO John Chambers talking about how he uses his Flip video camera. “Video is the future of communications.”
Posted by John Earnhardt at 12:44PM PST
This is real. I saw John using his Flip camera in several events during his April visit to Mexico.
Is it possible to install SIP soft phone to this device for it to be able to communicate with IP PBX?
John sounds like the evangelical he should be for a newly purchased company; however this is not “new technology” nor is video communication a certain “next big thing”. In fact based on historical market evidence (video phones, video conferencing for anyone but large companies who can afford it, video messaging, videoing period for anyone other than parents with young kids and teenagers with video capability on their phones) one would have to seriously doubt that it will ever become a “killer app.”
But what about YouTube you say? It’s big. In Jan 09 market researcher Comscore said that the video server hit the 100 billion viewer mark with those watching a total of just under 15 billion videos in Jan 09 alone. But note that the 100 billion is not unique viewers and the 15 billion figure counts all clicks regardless of how long the person “watched.” And more than that, viewing is not communicating.
Now let’s look at some “old” tech, email. According to another research company, this time Radicati Group, in August 08 the world sent around 55 billion legitimate (excludes SPAM) emails per day, which works out to about 600,000 every second of every one of the 24 hours.
Having said that, the Flip camcorder is cool and there will no doubt be even cooler ones to follow but the real test of whether or not John is right to the degree that he believes he is, will only come with time.
video with great sound and a good story is the future / think of it as a mini movie / this is where we are going / that plus “personal media” / always on / connected / and very personal / we now get ready to do business one to one / Personal /
Great focus You Tube / twitter / I tunes /
Rock and roll for ever /
ellis
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John Furrier Jun 3, 2009
That is indeed how people are going to communicate.
Question is how will consumers form their opinions and points of view?
Answer: Peers and Colleagues - collaboration among peers is the key to innovation in our lives. That is why I formed the innovative SiliconAngle community blog. Video and media drive attention and intimacy and peer groups like SiliconAngle and Facebook among other peer environments will drive opinion shaping.