Definition of VIDEOPHONE

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Recent Examples on the Web Corrections department spokeswoman Annie Skinner said the prisons started implementing videophones in two facilities before the ruling. — Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, "Technology from 1964 keeps Colorado’s deaf inmates from communicating with the outside. A judge’s ruling just changed that.," 20 Sep. 2019 Gradually, al-Kateab realizes her camera — or a humble videophone — is her best weapon of activism, documenting atrocities and injustices from which enemies and even allies choose to look away. — chicagotribune.com, "‘For Sama’ review: Wrenching documentary offers rare window into a woman’s experience of the Syrian conflict," 22 Aug. 2019 The tablets used by the Jupiter mission look startlingly like iPads; the videophones foretold Skype; and the design of the space helmets, spacesuits and space stations was remarkably prescient. — Gogo Lidz, Newsweek, "NASA and 'The Martian': It Was Written in the Stars," 20 Sep. 2015 In April 2013, the student was denied requests for food orders and called his parents through a videophone, the complaint says. — Mikaela Porter, Courant Community, "West Hartford To Offer Settlement In Lawsuit Alleging Excessive Force On Deaf Student," 16 Feb. 2018 The footage was shot on a videophone that's constantly hovering around the subject, and this juxtaposition of stasis and movement blurs the distinction between action and reflection. — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, "Arts / Film / On Video / Piety ‘The Serenity of Madness’ showcases the brilliance and wonder of Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s art," 18 Sep. 2017 More than a decade before the smartphone was unveiled, Apple shared with the computing magazine Macworld a semi-outlandish design for a videophone-PDA that could exchange data. — Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, "What Apple Thought the iPhone Might Look Like in 1995," 13 June 2017 With the addition of a Logitech webcam (which is not included), the Revue can turn your television into a giant videophone. — Priya Ganapati, WIRED, "Logitech Box Brings Google TV to Living Rooms," 6 Oct. 2010 Before the iPhone, Apple envisioned a videophone-PDA that could exchange data called the ____________. — Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic, "The Atlantic Daily: Sessions Speaks," 13 June 2017

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“Videophone.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/videophone. Accessed 29 January 2020.