Phone-StreamFX is now compatible with Vivotek IP cameras. Vivotek are a public company listed on the Taiwan stock exchange and one of the biggest manufacturers in the world. Vivotek have won numerous innovation awards recognising their commitment to new product developemnt and quality design. http://www.vivotek.com/

Here is my list of the punctuation marks in the development of the mobile web – wobile. The first ten years.

Some of the punctuation marks are flops, others are significant high points. Which ones are which?

1997 WAP starts

1999 DoCoMo launch IMODE in Japan -smileys and anime graphics (green screen)

Green screen WAP apps in Europe….taxi booking etc

KPN adopt DoCoMo’s IMODE in Holland

2000 astonishing growth of sms in Europe

2001 start of Colour screens on phones

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The dream is well known: instant, relevant, information about the thing that you want, anything and everything on an easy to use portable device – something like a mobile phone. The mobile internet eventually will have some break through and catch on and become as established and as normal as the web. But something is holding the development back, there are some missing ingredients

maybe it’s a some sort of marketing name – wobile?

maybe it’s a technology – easy to use fingerprint ID?

maybe it’s a killer app – mobile banking and payment?

maybe it’s a product that will make the breakthrough – an apple i phone? – maybe

The difference between a network camera and web camera is that network cameras (sometimes called IP cameras) are webcams which have built in web servers. PC web cams are webcams which do not have built in web servers and need to be plugged into a PC USB port to function. Network cameras only need to be plugged into a network. For a network camera to be viewable via the internet the network router needs to be configured to allow access to the camera. In general a PC web camera needs software installed on the PC for it to work, MSN or EyeSpyFX Webcam for example. A network camera has its own built in software.

There is a price difference. A PC webcam generally costs about $40 but a network cam generally will not cost less than $120

Network cams are generally used for security and monitoring applications. PC webcams are generally used for video chat applications such as skype, msn, yahoo etc. and to a lesser extent for monitoring.

Well known PC webcam manufacturers include: Logitech, Creative, Phillips

Logitech Orbit (OrbitFX software)

Well known network cameras manufacturers include: Axis, Sony, Panasonic

Axis 205 Network camera

If you visit a famous webcam online say for example looking at the Eiffel Tower it is not a PC Webcam but is most likely in fact to be a network camera. Public network cameras are often described as webcams. This is because the word “webcam” has become a catch all phrase for all sorts of online cameras including network cameras.

EyeSpyFX provides monitoring software for PC webcams that feature mechanical pan tilt. Using EyeSpyFX software users can remotely control the pan tilt features. EyeSpyFX also allows the software to be used for remote monitoring offering the ability to view via the web or via the mobile phone.

CamToMobile offers a service where network cam owners can view their network cams via a mobile phone.

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Setting up security cameras around the home can be somewhat expensive, depending on the suveillance camera system you choose, but if you go online to shop for security cameras you very well might be able to save money on surveillance cameras with prices you won’t find locally.

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OrbitFX version 2.0 has been released.

OrbitFX is webcam monitoring software for the Logitech Orbit (Sphere)

It is ideal for home and business security and peace of mind monitoring.

You can download OrbitFX here

Phone StreamFX has been updated to now include a My Cam log on feature. This feature enables users to logon directly listing their own cameras. New options have been added allowing full screen images. A number of small bugs have been fixed and compatability with ranges of phones has been increased.

Phone StreamFX is now even more suited to home and business security and peace of mind applications.

The Sony M3 pan tilt network camera is now fully compatible with Phone StreamFX. You can pan and tilt the cam using the toggle bar on your phone.

There is a demo set up on Phone-StreamFX in Network Cams/Editors choice/View from our office. The camera gives excellent refresh and response rates via Phone StreamFX especially when you view in a 3G area.

Read Tim Rustige’s Micromart article entitled:

“How to install and run a motorised webcam”

http://www.micromart.co.uk/

www.theage.co.au have written a review of pan tilt web cameras and given EyeSpyFX software a mention.

The article compares the Logitech Orbit and the Creative Live Motion.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/roadtest/