Definition of videophone
:a telephone that can transmit video as well as audio signals so that users can see each other
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Before the iPhone, Apple envisioned a videophone-PDA that could exchange data called the ____________.
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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.
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With the addition of a Logitech webcam (which is not included), the Revue can turn your television into a giant videophone.
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First Known Use of videophone
1944
VIDEOPHONE Defined for English Language Learners
videophone
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Definition of videophone for English Language Learners
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: a telephone that can send and receive moving images so that users can see and hear each other
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See words that rhyme with videophone Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about videophone
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