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Use your iPhone as a webcam

by Erica Sadun Jan 13th 2008 at 1:00PM

Mac developer Ecamm has posted a sneak peak of iPhoneCam, an application that uses your iPhone's camera as a wireless Mac webcam. You can stream video from your iPhone over its WiFi to any Mac video application, including iChat, Photo Booth, or Skype.

I have participated in one iPhone chat and while it's not exactly the most comfortable way to use a webcam, you've got to admit using an iPhone is way up there on the cool quotient. You can watch a demo video here.



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Bjarki

Nice! Keep up the good work guys

January 14 2008 at 9:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
johnson

dear sir, ijust purchase this sidekick 3,and i dont have the software to unlock the the phone, pls helpmeout. i am in nigeria presently pls reply this message.
thanks for your kind consideration.

January 14 2008 at 9:01 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
caleb

I wonder if it'll work with Delicious Monster for scanning UPCs.

January 13 2008 at 8:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Hojoon Kim

eh... is their website down???

January 13 2008 at 8:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nic

You can use any cell phone as a bluetooth webcam on OS X, using Movino. They have a version for S60 phones and one for phones that support J2ME.

January 13 2008 at 5:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rekzai

If it works with skype why can't I use it on windows :(

January 13 2008 at 4:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Steve Denton

Beats me why Apple bothered putting the word 'phone' in this product's name, none of you chumps ever seem to use it as one.

Don't you have any friends you can call...oh, I see

January 13 2008 at 2:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
3 replies to Steve Denton's comment
adverse

*crosses fingers* lets hope we get a windows version for this too :-p

January 13 2008 at 2:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dave

I think that did it. If ATT's reception holds up on my ski trip (from Central Jersey to Southern VT) in 2 weeks, I'm cancelling VZW and picking up an iphone - Macworld announcements be damned!

January 13 2008 at 2:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ocellnuri

Finally, my Powerbook will have a webcam! And wireless to boot.

January 13 2008 at 2:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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