Popular Daytime Television Show 'The View' Introduces New Video Phone To The Nation

On December 29, 2006 the popular television show, "The View" introduced the newest video phones and gave them as gifts to the audience. These phone allow a person see their caller and have other premium services at no extra cost.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWeb) December 31, 2006 -- During the introduction of new technology on the popular daytime television show, "The View," the viewers were shown some of the newest telecommunications products on the market. They included the newest cell phones and video recorders as-well-as the most recent voice over internet protocol phones or VOIP. These phones are highly advertised by such companies as Vonage and the cable Internet and phone companies.

A new version of this VOIP service is a phone with video pictures on them so that a person can see the person they are talking to in real time. There is no need to be at a computer screen to have this technology. Grandparents do not need to know how to use a computer and can see their grandchildren. Spouses can see their loved ones over seas, across town or in the military. All of these calls come with no long distances charges to anyone with any type of phone in the U.S. and to any person who has the same phones over seas.

This appears to be the next big wave of popular consumer interest considering they cost so little to operate. Monthly service fees are $24.99 per month and include in that fee such premium features as call waiting, caller ID, call forwarding, voice mail, three way calling and more.

These phones will become more and more popular in electronic technology sections of stores such as Best Buy and Home Depot in the future. Web sites such as http://beam.to/militaryphone have been promoting these phones to help people communicate with loved ones in Iraq and other places around the world, but the web site also sells the phones and the service to anyone who wishes to buy them. Some military auxiliaries are buying them and sharing them with other families wanting to make these calls over seas.

Most of the phone companies who sell VOIP allow a person to keep their present phone numbers but there are a few areas of the country where that is not yet possible. These are fast becoming rare exceptions.

The fact that the video display on the phone costs no more for the monthly service than the standard VOIP phones is a big selling point for many consumers and the appeal of lowering costs over traditional telephone services could make these VOIP phones the standard home phone of the future. These phones combined with savings of virtual PBX may also make them the standard office phones of the future.

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