iPhone OS 4.0 only emerged in beta yesterday but gadget detectives are already scouring it for clues about iPhone 4.0. First up it looks like iPhone OS 4 might bring iChat video conferencing support to an iPhone 4.0 with a front-facing camera. Is the future of the iPhone filled with video calls?

An iPhone 4.0 video revealed earlier this week allegedly shows a bezel with space for a front-facing camera, now an iChat process has been spotted buzzing away in the background on an iPhone running iPhone OS 4.0.

Using an app called iStat which reveals the processes running on the iPhone 3GS, a TUAW reader spotted a process called iChatAgent working on his phone running iPhone OS 4.0 beta.

Video chat on mobiles is usually a big battery drain but now Apple has added multitasking to iPhone OS 4, adding iChat video conferencing support with the iPhone 4.0 could be possible.

Video calls have been around for ages. Do you think Apple can make them popular with the combo of an iPhone 4.0 with a front-facing camera and iPhone OS 4?

Due TBC | £TBC | Apple (via TUAW)

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  • Steven Logan

    Yes, because Apple (love them or hate them), have a knack to making old features appear new to the masses.
    I could count on one finger the number of people who even know video calling is supported on their phones, and Apple will spin it in a way that makes this seem like “A magical and revolutionary feature at an unbelievable price”

    • CJ84

      Is that really so bad!? It’s not about spin, video conferencing may have been around for a while but the quality and the application of it was always dire. A re-invention might make it more usable to everyone.

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