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By Arshad Mohammed, washingtonpost.com
Friday, December 2, 2005
The question -- and analysts say it is wide open -- is whether consumers bombarded with sound and images want to open their home to yet another screen and put themselves in front of a camera when they answer the phone.Whether we admit to it or not we are a visual people. Always have been. And this is not necessarily a bad thing. Since recorded history we've been entertained by and communicated via the visual arts - from enacted stories to Greek drama; from wondering minstrels to slapstick vaudeville; from movies and television to internet and vidcasts.
The real question is not whether we'll embrace the video phone. Of course we will. It's only a matter of time. The issue is what will we do with it once it becomes common place. Like any tool, the video phone can be a blessing or curse. Will we use it to build up or tear down? Will it be hijacked by marketers or remain relatively free of spam, porn, and viagra commercials?
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