The iPad2 is now out...sold out, that is. It took the first iPad 28 days to sell a million but some analysts say iPad2 sold that much over the first weekend.

And already someone is announcing videoconferencing for iPad2. Mirial says its ClearSea for iOS devices can be seamlessly used on iPad 2, taking full advantage of the new front facing camera with the possibility of switching between cameras even during the video call.

ClearSea is “the first professional video conferencing solution providing a software client for iOS devices, enabling or Read more...

You can install it alongside almost any existing whiteboard and the Vaddio Squiggle will convert whiteboard notes into an HD or SD video signal. With no dedicated PC is required, the video signal can connect to any videoconferencing, telePresence, or video distribution system.

Rob Sheeley, President of Vaddio, says “There are so many educational institutions who want video output capabilities on their existing whiteboards, that we had to come up with a solution. The Squiggle is a simple way to convert all of those whiteboards into a vi Read more...

The Vidyo™ platform was featured in three demonstrations of HD video conferencing over wireless networks at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

The VidyoRouter architecture is the first in a generation of software solutions that leverages H.264 Scalable Video Coding (SVC) for high quality video over internet, 3G, 4G and wifi networks. (As it eliminates the need for a Multipoint Control Unit (MCU), it costs a fraction of MCU-based solutions.)

Alcatel-Lucent and Verizon Wireless in a live 4G multi-continent gaming and live video conferencing Read more...

To launch its HD video conferencing system in Europe, Vu Technologies showed its 1499 euro Vu TelePresence solution at ISE 2011. Produced after 3 years of research and $15 million of investment, Vu TelePresence wants to disrupt the status quo in vieoconferencing.

Vu TelePresence cites five factors in its favour to upset the big companies chasing mass market conferencing: Vu TrueVideo that supports HD (720p) video. The Vu TrueBroadband offers no more jitters or frozen frames. It requires a realistic bandwidth 400-600 Kbps for HD quality video. Read more...