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D2see starts chatting
Tim Green Nov 5 2007, 4:38pm
D2see has launched a 3G video chat application for its Oxygen platform.
The new app lets users with 3G phones make a video call to a shortcode, and see the picture or video profiles of the chat operators currently on line. They can browse through the available operators, and select one to enter a live one-on-one chat, or join an existing chat session in ‘eavesdrop’ mode.
D2see’s entire proposition is built around video calling, which any 3G phone can do. There is no client application to download before using the service. Users just dial straight in as if it were a voice call.
Meanwhile the use of video shortcodes means that users are charged on a well-understood per minute billing basis, with no separate data charge.
D2see’s video chat is available in two versions. For those already in the chat business, with their own chat operators, the D2see application includes a web client. But it can also offer an end-to-end service through its partnership with Excel Telemedia, which has access to a pool of UK video chat operators.
