iPhone 4.0 looks even more likely to cram in video chat with investigations of the iPhone OS 4 beta throwing up more clues. Photos and videos which claim to show an iPhone 4.0 bezel point to the inclusion of a front-facing camera and iPhone OS 4 seems to support that.
We already knew that the iPhone OS 4 beta seems to run a process called iChatAgent which clearly suggests the addition of video chats but lots of new clues have been spotted.
Delving deep into the iPhone OS 4 beta reveals references to moderators, chat rooms, encrypted video conferences and incoming video chat alerts. With no camera on the iPhone 3GS or the current version of the iPad, those elements seem to be destined for iPhone 4.0.
There are also video chat functions in the iPhone OS 4 beta that aren’t present in the current code for iChat on the Mac. The evidence suggests iPhone 4.0 video conferencing will include both one-to-one video chats and group video conference calls.
Some are already speculating that the iPhone 4.0 video chat features teased in iPhone OS 4 will allow developers to create third-party video chat apps and tie in with Apple’s newly announced Gamecenter.
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