Re: [rtcweb] UDP transport problem

[Dave Taht <[e-mail]>]

On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 5:51 PM, cowwoc <[e-mail]> wrote:
> On 13/02/2014 5:46 PM, Dave Taht wrote:
>>
>> The biggest downside, as I see it, is targeting advancements in the state
>> of
>> the art, at windows. 98% of the world or so run non-windows based cell
>> phones and tablets, and in terms of total users, probably outnumber
>> the windows contingent at this point.
>>
>> SCTP and MPTCP are quite feasible on android and IOS.
>
>
> It doesn't matter how many smartphones there are. What matters is how many
> of them will be used to do meaningful video chat. The screen real estate on
> these devices is way too small.

In my experience, everybody is using tablets and handheld devices for
video chat.
It is a natural extension of the usage of the device to extend it from
phone calls
to video calls.

The lack of a working camera on most desktops is a hindrance, and the placement
of cameras on most laptops is not ideal.

>
> So yes, mobile is huge, but from the point of view of WebRTC, Windows is
> still king.

I am under the impression that this is actually backed by statistics, but am
interested in recent statistics for things like google hangouts and facetime.

> Gili



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