I have 7 webcams to give away to 7 lucky Skype users.
I was trying to think of a clever competition to win one, but to be honest they are freaking me out.
Having 1 webcam on top of your PC you start to wonder who is looking at you, having boxes of them spread around the office it feels like a million pairs of eyes watching your every move. So they have to go before I become a paranoid wreck.
If you think you deserve one, then either post your reason why here, or send an IM to SkypeDevBlog. I’ll judge those I feel most worthy.
Each webcam also comes with a handy 60 minutes of SkypeOut calls so you can call your friends on landlines.
I think I deserve one cause I think I am the first watching this entry and think you are right: you cannot become paranoid with some webcams around you. We need you at Skype not at home
Tjsak!
Dennis
http://www.aroundmyroom.com
Hello!
I would like to have this camera because I would like to other people could look at me when I took with them. I think that one of it should be my because I use skype a lot, took with my friends from foreign countries and i haven`t my own camera. I would like to show to other people something strange sometimes but I cant`t because I haven`t my own camera (
Best regards Kamil!
I deserve this camera because i don’t have one. Despite of taht I should study now for my final exam’s at university and not sit in front of the computer. So if i fail the exam you could cheer me up gaving this camera to me.
Hello,
I would like to see my sister!
I live in Ireland, she lives in Athens (Greece), we only get to see each other every two years or so.
If you send me a webcam I will send it to her so that I can see her and my niece and nephew. If you send me TWO webcams then they will be able to see how bald I have become (heh heh)
Best Regards,
PJ
Hi lestermadden, My wife and I have been using Skype now for a couple of Months now talking to all our family in Australia, it has been a fantastic experience for all of us.It would be superb to see the family using a Web-cam as well as chatting to them, especially the youngest Children who we have never seen apart from photograph images
Hello
I really like this camera! It would be nice if you could send me one beacuse, although I`m not Chuck Norris, I can divide by zero
Bonjour,
J’aimerais tant avoir cette caméra ,pour visualiser la future naissance de mon bébé et pouvoir le surveiller depuis mon travail.
Avec de la chance pourquoi pas!!
Merci pour lui.
Hi ^^. I dont deserve this camera, becauzzze i was naughty boy. Still I would like to get one, to spam my friends with my existence on a higher level. I think that with help of this cute camera, I could make them even more furious about my person:-D.
I would like to throw my hat in as I am in the process of looking to use Skype in an application and would love to try the video aspect. Skype On!
Hi ^^. I dont deserve this camera, becauzzze i was naughty boy. Still I would like to get one, to spam my friends with my existence on a higher level. I think that with help of this cute camera, I could make them even more furious about my person:-D.
I would like to throw my hat in as I am in the process of looking to use Skype in an application and would love to try the video aspect. Skype On!
I’m wondering, whether these nice little cams work together with my mac… If you would send my one, I could test that for you And it would be great, if there was video included in Skype for Mac soon…
I think I deserve one because I _do_ have a webcam, but it is partially broken. Image is OK, except that the images it produces are all blue. It’s very annoying to tell people you’re happy during a Skype video call, when in fact you look like a smurf (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smurf).
I want to be able to see my fiancée! She has one webcam, but i don´t!
I think i deserve this webcam because i am in college in New York and I am from Italy. As you know Italians are very attaced to their family. i would like the webcam to give it to my brother in Italy, soo I will be able to see my family and my nephews growing up. I am happy to have the opportunity to study in U.S. but i am loosing the chances to see my little nephews and nieces growing up and also i do not want them to forget about me.
The skype sound compression is human-voice-associated so you can recognize girl or boy, but the most people`s voice sounds same. The web-camera can help people recognize who is speaking (for example at home we use my account all the family, because is not convenient to switch accounts all the time). I use one my friend`s web camera, but he can want it back every time…
So I (we) deserve a webcam.
If I have to be honest I think I do not deserve a webcam;)
I deserve it because it would be great for my girlfriend to see me, cause I study 2000 km away. I live in Amsterdam and she is in Romania
I deserve one of those webcams, because I want to try Skype video haven’t had a chance to try it yet…
hi..i am a new user of skype and would be happy if i can have one of your webcam. just migrated here in the states and my kids miss so much our family and friends back home. it would be great to have a webcam for them so see us here specially my mom who misses my kids too. thank you.
I must have one, because you have to give at least one cam to Linux user. Everyone have to suport open source. A guy from Lithuania (using Mandriva) is sutable for this, so please. Thank you.
I’ve just discovered Skype (after months of my hubbie shouting at me for large phone bills!) and I’m trying to get all my family in the UK to get it so we can chat – I live in Italy with my husband and have 2 little daughters who would love to be able to wave to their Grandpa and blow him a kiss! Thanks
I deserve it because I cann’t effort to buy one as I am a poor thanks for your gift
Sorry – cremonagirl here – just to let you know I wasn’t trying to be pushy by putting up my message three times – I just kept getting an error message every time I tried to post it!
I could use the webcam since I from the 31. January will be in malaysia for 5 months and if I have to call my parents and friends in Denmark i will run out of money way to fast And with this webcam my parents can see that im alright when im calling – they would like that i think
But let the worthiest man/woman win!
i’m a huge ‘jetsons’ fan.. so getting a cam for my skype will thrust me somewhat into cartoon (un)reality!
I think I deserve a web-cam to give to my parents. I recently moved to New Zealand from the UK, and it would be nice to web-cam chat with them, so I can see them whilst speaking to them via Skype.
During the examsn (twice a year, they have just begun a couple of days ago now) I don’t get to see my boyfriend for over a month! Thankfuly we have skype to stay in touch with eachother. He can see me because I have a webcam, but since he doesn’t own one I can’t see him! When you think I’d deserve this webcam, I would give it to him.
I’d really appreciate this webcam cause my GF just moved across the country and she’d be so stoked if i regifted it to her….I’d be a double winner!!!
Cheers
Hi lestermadden!
Well… I don’t have a good reason like a girlfrind, who wants to see as much as possible… Bad luck for me
But what else could I tell you?
At the moment I am in the french part of Canada, in Québec, for one year as an exchange-student (from Germany).
As you probably know, here in Canada most of the people use MSN Messenger (sic!). Me, as Skype-Lover I tried to tell them to use Skype to chat with me (with their webcam!). But, surprise! My Fuji-Digital-Camera with intigrated webcam(tm) just works with the MSN Messenger (sic!^2).
So I have to change this! And quick! Very quick! Please help me
Yours,
Martin
P.S.: I’m shure, all the other exchange-pupils from Germany I met here in Canada would be very happy to see my face again At least I hope it
Hi lestermadden,
I would like to compete for winning one of the 7 webcams from you!
I am here because, my hobby is used to read the messages related to skype, and spread the news about skype to my friends. Actually I am not a programmer. I am a Chemical Engineering doctorate student in Taiwan. But
my origin is India.
For your info, I am using skype for approx. more than 3 years and made most of my friends and family to use skype. Its really wouderful to watch the step by step development of skype. And still I am waiting for more options and services to be added in skype For the past 2 years I am using skype paid services and my expenditure to skypeout is approx. 50Euro every month. And I have 2 SkypeIN number in UK and US which I am using for business purposes, in my name card and also in my website http://www.exomac.com I am really very satisfied with all of the paid services. Also the free services like computer to computer calling, its very useful to call my family and friends. It is really useful for me, because I am away from my home country for the past two years,
one and half in South Korea as a research associate, and half year in Taiwan. Really useful for students like me.
The interesting fact is the call forwarding, it really helped me a lot to forward my skype and SkypeIN calls. The only one paid service which I am longing so much is SMS service in skype. But I know very well that I have to be paitent for some time Another interesing release, SkypeWeb, I am glad about it, and I am using it in my websites. Actually I am using it in every page of my website. In my notebook, for 24hrs, skype is opened! Its become a part of my life, like a mobile phone, and it become a basic need of a human… haha~ this is a bit funny! but interesting!
But I feel I am lacking some thing, do you know what? haha~ its a webcam. I really dont have a webcam for my computer. Some time I used to borrow from my friends to test the skype webcam future. As a student, I couldnt offered to buy a very good, high feature webcam. Actually this webcam prize offer is the 3rd one in skype.
1. Skype gave webcam for filling up an feedback forum
2. Skype given webcam for purchasing of Skype Gift Certificates
3. Now, 7 webcams for skype users in developer blog!
I tried the first two, but till now I dont know the results! I am trying for the 3rd one now… haha~ with full hope. I really like to deserve one. am I a lucky person to get it??!! Still I have hope. Thank you.
My Skype ID : uyogesh
EMail : contact@exomac.com
Website : http://www.exomac.com
At present I am living in Taipei, Taiwan.
i need one because im super poor.
do you want one of my kidneys… i tryed selling them on ebay but apparently your not aloud to sell body parts on ebay. shucks!
help a brother out.
p.s. love your product… on all three os’s may i add
-nathan
My Skype ID : bleedxapathy
EMail : ba@nerdxcore.net
Website : http://www.nerdxcore.net
Proudly Canadian
Wow, a lot of people actually read this blog besides me, i had no idea. I cant think of a good reason, but though i would post anyways. I really dont want to take a camera away from the person that is poor and would sell a kidney, or the numerous people that have relatives in foreign countries.
But i have access to a large amount of major adult sites and have the ability to give access.
If you give me one,i can reduce the pair of eyes staring at you from 1 million to 0.1428 million.
Apart from that,if you give me one, i will save some cash.
Did I forget to mention that Skype helps me connect to my offshore employer,who provides me with my daily bread?
I don’t need one. I thought I’d be different from everyone else here. Well, really… I really don’t need one.
Hi!
My old parents can see my children, because I have webcam, but my children can’t see them (you know why).
We have ~400 km between and we see each others about 3-4 times / year. Help us to keep in contact.
A bit earlier i said :
“If you give me one,i can reduce the pair of eyes staring at you from 1 million to 0.1428 million.
Apart from that,if you give me one, i will save some cash.
Did I forget to mention that Skype helps me connect to my offshore employer,who provides me with my daily bread?”
See..I never believed in my Math teacher.I thought she was dump.Now i know I AM DUMP!
Actually, i can reduce the pair of eyes from 1 million to only 0.8572
Thats simple MAth.Now, is there anyone who wants to integrate Probability theory to this? What if there are a few “one eyed people” staring at you [Ah! Blind people cant stare!] ? Also,take into accout people with bitemporal hemianopsia.They are mathematically ,half blind.
Whatever be the case,this essentially shed light on blind people and communication.Thanks to skype.Apart from providing source of my daily bread,blind people can communicate easily,without text,all free! Ha ! I am flattering you guys like a Beaver Without Pyjama!
GIVE ME MY CAM!
Well, i am just hoping, but; my wife’s mother and sisters are living 1700 kilometers(!) away from us. My children see them only once a year. Offcourse i had a webcam, but this one broke down. I surely hope that i get the Skype cam; that would be the perfect match between talking and watchinh eachother.
Well i can use an extra webcam!
Why?
..because, nearly every day i am Beta testing Wigiwigi [url]http://www.wigiwigi.com/view_topic.php?id=199&forum_id=2[/url]
Now it is even possible to see 12 persons in real time by Using Wigiwigi.
It is undoubtely the best – Skype video plug-in- ever!
Test this nice Skype plug-in yourself.
You do still own 7 camera’s!
The plug-in is called: MCwigi_12mini-dd
You will like its drag and drop style!
You will love WigiWigi.
As i will love a new cam for my laptop,
from you generous Skype people.
denDwaler
I think I could use one because no matter how hard I try to but skyout time, either with credit or paypal, the transaction is blocked due to security reasons by either paypal or the company….
I don’t deserve one, but my parents sure could use one. They can’t type, and I don’t understand what they’re saying half the time.
You can send it to me and I can hook it up for them.
I met a beautiful girl, but, unfortunately, she is going to her native land(Ukraina). I don’t wan’t to lose her. Sure, you can say, that I can by a camera myself(if I love her so much), but I’m a student, and I can buy only the cheapest low-end camera. It wouldn’t be very good. So, I would be very pleased if you could help me…
I met a beautiful girl, but, unfortunately, she is going to her native land(Ukraina). I don’t wan’t to lose her. Sure, you can say, that I can by a camera myself(if I love her so much), but I’m a student, and I can buy only the cheapest low-end camera. It wouldn’t be very good, because I want to see her beuty. So, I would be very pleased if you could help me…
I need one because the sound of my voice does not match my good looks!
I travel regularly for work and use Skype to talk to my wife and daughter at night. I would like a webcam so that I only have to buy one webcam to have two-way video.
I need it because I’m chippendale and I’d like to strip on skype to my guys who like my body. If you’d like to I could take my pants off for you, but first you must give me this webcam I need it please
And don’t listen to Dennis (small penis ) who is first watched this entry. it’s not important who is first but who got the best story, isn’t it?
Seriously, my girlfriend is far away from me and could see her only once a month. We talk on skype but talk isn’t enough for us and we would like to see each other. It’s very important for us so think about us and our happyness.
Thanks a lot.
I am a 67 years old grandmother from Denmark and my grandchildren think it´s really funny that I am on the web. I think it´s funny to be there/here but I think it´s difficult too. At least you have to be Albert Einstein if you want to understand what is going on technically and I am not Albert Einstein. I don´t even have a webcam so in your eyes I must really be from the stoneage – well I almost am thats why I wished I had a webcam.
Grandma Hanne DK
Hello,
I have been using Skype for more then one year now and it has helped me alot in many ways. Now that Skype 2.0 is out with video feature, I need an webcam to have video conversations with people and friends around the globe, therefore I need a webcam to communicate
PLease give me one of those , I hate skype and I want to show that those “skypish” webcam can also work with software that respects VOIP standards such as gnomemeeting or wengo. SO people could buy it and use Open standards.
Developping for skype is useless, just as if you would say that you can use anaything else that SMTP to send emails to your friends ….
voice alwayz comes before image…if you have image of whom you are talking to…it really spice up your conversation…it really makes your voice modulated and firm…it really give the impression of truth and sincerity on the person you’re talking to…and most of all…SKYPE offers better and good video quality over the net,so i have to try and test it!!!:-)