{"id":674,"date":"2009-11-23T09:15:21","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T13:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/?p=674"},"modified":"2009-11-23T09:15:21","modified_gmt":"2009-11-23T13:15:21","slug":"want-to-make-a-video-call-on-skype-without-using-a-computer-try-the-asus-videophone-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/23\/want-to-make-a-video-call-on-skype-without-using-a-computer-try-the-asus-videophone-touch\/","title":{"rendered":"Want To Make a Video Call On Skype Without Using a Computer?  Try The Asus Videophone Touch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Millions of people make video phone calls on <strong>Skype<\/strong>.  But what if you&#8217;d like to make a video call&#8230;<em>without using your computer?<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-676\" title=\"blog_videophone2\" src=\"http:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/blog_videophone2.png\" alt=\"blog_videophone2\" width=\"254\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/blog_videophone2.png 254w, https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/blog_videophone2-217x300.png 217w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s actually possible with a phone from Asus, called the <em>Videophone Touch<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Asus Videophone Touch<\/strong> is a standalone phone with a 7 inch touch screen.\u00a0 And with it, you can make video calls via Skype, no computer required.\u00a0 The only thing required with this phone is a broadband Internet connection, wired or wireless.\u00a0 Just plug it in, connect to the Internet and you&#8217;re ready to make video calls.<\/p>\n<p>The video is displayed on the screen at 640&#215;480 resolution and gives you about the same quality you experience with a computer-based Skype video call.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How much?<\/strong> The Asus Videophone Touch runs around $250.\u00a0 Not cheap, but if you don&#8217;t want to be chained to your laptop or desktop computer, it&#8217;s at least palatable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The big drawback?<\/strong> Battery life.\u00a0 The battery only lasts around 20 minutes (yes I said 20 minutes) and takes 2 hours to charge.\u00a0 So using it with the included AC adapter is practically a must.<\/p>\n<p>The<strong> Asus Videophone Touch<\/strong> is available from all the usual places online, including Amazon, where you can learn more about it by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Skype-Video-Phone-Touch-SV1TS\/dp\/B002LASE7S\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>clicking here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Millions of people make video phone calls on Skype. But what if you&#8217;d like to make a video call&#8230;without using your computer? It&#8217;s actually possible with a phone from Asus, called the Videophone Touch. The Asus Videophone Touch is a standalone phone with a 7 inch touch screen.\u00a0 And with it, you can make video [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[19],"tags":[362,342,363],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":685,"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674\/revisions\/685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}