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The name 'videophone' hasn't become as standardized as its earlier counterpart, 'telephone', resulting in a variety of names and terms used worldwide, and even within the same region/country. Videophones are also known as video telephones and often by an early trademarked name 'Picturephone', which was the world's first commercialized videophone produced in quantity. A separate webpage article is devoted to videophones.




This branch of the financial services industry is more extensive in the United States than in some other countries, because the major banks in the U.S. are less willing to lend to people with marginal credit ratings than their counterparts in many other countries.


Examples of these finance companies include American General Finance, Inc., HSBC Finance, CIT, CitiFinancial, and Wells Fargo Financial.


The Consumer Finance industry (meaning branch based subprime lenders) mainly came to fruition in the middle of the twentieth century.

Videophone calls differ from videoconferencing in that they expect to serve individuals, not groups. However that distinction is becoming increasingly blurred with technology improvements such as increased bandwidth which can allow for multiple parties on a call.


Webcams are popular, relatively low cost devices which can provide live video and audio streams via personal computers, and can be used with many software clients for video calls. A separate webpage article is devoted to these products.


Videoconference systems are generally higher cost than videophones and deploy greater capabilities with their service. A videoconference (also known as a videoteleconference) is a set of interactive telecommunication technologies which allow two or more locations to interact via two-way video and audio transmissions simultaneously. A separate webpage article is devoted to videoconferencing.


Other generic names for 'videophones' that have been used are: viewphone, found chiefly in British usage[1], and visiophone, a common French translation that has also crept into limited English usage. Latin-based translations also include vidéophone (French), bildtelefon (German), videotelefono (Italian), and both videófono and videoteléfono in Spanish.


Typical uses of these technologies include video calling on a one-to-one, one-to-many or many-to-many basis for personal, business, educational, deaf Tele-Relay and tele-medical, diagnostic and rehabilitative use or services. Products are listed here by their normal and intended purpose, even though their names or descriptions may be different from the categories shown here (refer to terminology within general article pages).

 

Videophone brands for person-to-person use

 


Video conferencing systems meant for multiple participants

 


Webcam brands for use on personal computers

 


Video enabled mobile phones, smart phones and media devices

 



Software Client brands

 



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