Use your iPhone as a webcam

[Ducani]

Mac developer Ecamm has posted a sneak peak of iPhoneCam, an application that uses your iPhone's camera as a wireless Mac webcam. You can stream video from your iPhone over its WiFi to any Mac video application, including iChat, Photo Booth, or Skype.
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/01/13/use-y...ne-as-a-webam/

[ryanhellyer]

Lol, that's a really expensive webcam. I can't ever see me getting an iPhone or anything like it. The lack of a keypad would drive me batty. Text messaging without being able to feel the keys would be a nightmare!

[BigAlReturns]

I think quite a few modern phones are capable of this - when I plug my Sony K800i into the computer it has a menu on the phone screen of "Use as Webcam" or "Use as storage" or something along those lines. I've not experimented with it much to be honest - don't want even more people seeing my ugly mush! - but I'm sure the included software would do the job. Unfortunately being a linux convert the software on the disk is unlikely to be much use!