Skype teases video recording and sharing ‘as it happens,’ inventing synonyms for ‘video calls’

It’s hardly a secret anymore that Skype will be making some manner of video-related announcement at CES , but now the company’s stepping up the hype offensive with a series of teasing videos and tweets. The common thread between the vids is that they’re all shot in remote locations or on the move, eliminating the current PC / Mac dependency for video chat and forcing our minds to consider mobile, perhaps smartphone-shaped, devices instead. What Skype’s promising is that we’ll be able to share our favorite moments “as they happen,” which together with all this video recording stuff seems to point to only one thing: video calling on mobiles. Only mystery left now is which platforms will get it when. Skype teases video recording and sharing ‘as it happens,’ inventing synonyms for ‘video calls’ originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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