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No, it would be nice if the iPhone would allow you to do video conferencing over 3G. Or allow you to share that bandwidth like a WIFI point. Or allowed you to make Skype calls years ago, like other 3G networks and phones...

Better late than never, I guess!

"No, it would be nice if the iPhone would allow you to do video conferencing over 3G."

More attempted rewriting of history. That's not what you said. You said other phones had "eliminated the carrier by being 3G," a nonsensical and clueless thing to say considering (1) the iPhone has been 3G since its second generation, and (2) being "3G" in no way renders the carrier "eliminated." Face it, you really screwed the pooch with that reply, and I called you on it.

Maybe it would be nice if the iPhone would do video conferencing over 3G, and we can be sure that'll come to markets where the carriers have sufficient bandwidth, but my point is that implementing it over WiFi has the immense benefit of rendering the carrier irrelevant on both ends of the conversation. You can now call around, with video, from any WiFi hotspot in the world without being charged for minutes or roaming, without necessitating your recipient be subscribed to any service, and, significantly, without having your chats recorded and displayed on a publicly accessible website as with Android's Qik app.

Funny how you Android folks avert your eyes when that last little bit is mentioned. And yet you prattle on about security.