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| caption = Videocom Touch G7 | | caption = Videocom Touch G7 | ||
| developer = Videocom | | developer = Videocom | ||
| type = {{wp|Videotex}} (Televideo terminals)<br>Smart | | type = {{wp|Videotex}} <small>(Televideo terminals)</small><br>Smart cordless phone <small>(Videocom terminals)</small> | ||
| released = 1979; 53 years ago | | released = 1979; 53 years ago | ||
| version = Videocom Touch G7 | | version = Videocom Touch G7 | ||
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==Televideo and the Internet== | ==Televideo and the Internet== | ||
[[File:Alextel.jpg|thumb|200px|Televideo Express 2, built in 1995]] | [[File:Alextel.jpg|thumb|200px|Televideo Express 2, built in 1995]] | ||
The rise of the Internet, helped along by the existence of web-like services found on Televideo, would chip away slowly at the online service. Although initially slow since early Internet necessitated the use of a phone line, when phoneless ways of getting online were making headway around the world, it was soon an inevitability that Televideo would, much like the Electronic News Herald before it, be rendered obsolete at its current state. | |||
Many computers had far greater graphics capabilities and far more speed than the average Televideo terminal, which was rapidly becoming more and more old-fashioned by the year 2000 with its block graphics and limited use. There were even some proposals in the early 2000s to either discontinue the service or to replace it with an internet-based service catered to the average citizen. | |||
To try and maintain a hold on the market, and to try to prevent redundancy, starting with the Televideo Express 1, released in 1992, all terminals would have an actual phone built right into the system, reducing the amount of phone line cables need to be connected down to one, which now could be used by both the phone and the terminal at once. These "all-in-one" terminals would be the basis for the Televideo Lite, released in 2003, and the subsequent terminals released under the Videocom brand. | |||
==Rebranding to Videocom== | ==Rebranding to Videocom== | ||
[[File:Televideo_Lite.png|thumb|left|200px|Televideo Lite, the last pre-Videocom terminal, built in 2003]] | [[File:Televideo_Lite.png|thumb|left|200px|Televideo Lite, the last pre-Videocom terminal, built in 2003]] | ||
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[[File:Videocom Rebirth Pilot.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Videocom Rebirth Pilot, first terminal under the Videocom brand, built in 2004]] | |||
[[File:Videocom Touch G1.png|thumb|left|200px|Videocom Touch G1, built in 2014]] | |||
Videocom OS is used to refer to the operating system running in all Videocom terminals since the release of the Videocom Rebirth Pilot in 2004. Although the Televideo terminals used a videotex system, Videocom terminals now make use of a full-fledged dedicated operating system, which opens up additional interactivity in ways that were not possible under older systems. | Videocom OS is used to refer to the operating system running in all Videocom terminals since the release of the Videocom Rebirth Pilot in 2004. Although the Televideo terminals used a videotex system, Videocom terminals now make use of a full-fledged dedicated operating system, which opens up additional interactivity in ways that were not possible under older systems. | ||
Transforming the videotex service into a dedicated operating system also allowed for newer terminals to make use of the greater graphics capabilities that made the block graphics of old look incredibly tacky in comparison. This also meant that Videocom OS could be controlled using a touchscreen, thus rendering the physical keyboard essentially obsolete, though Videocom terminals have retained the keyboard, initially made to be retractable to maximise portability, for accessibility reasons similar to how post-2014 terminals come with a detachable physical keyboard. | |||
The ability to connect to the Internet also allowed for the Videocom OS to become the go-to media centre operating system for most Rumahokian citizens due to the relative ease of getting a terminal at a very low cost. Having an Internet connection made it easier to install certain apps that transform what is essentially a smart cordless phone into a video or music player. | |||
Although Videocom OS was initially a little difficult for new users to learn, Videocom OS 2.0.1, released in 2005, would give the user interface an upgrade to make it more user friendly and appealing, even giving the system a home screen where the user may access some of the more commonly-used applications such as the phone, the messaging service, the main Videocom application, and the Internet browser. | |||
Starting with Videocom OS 10.0.1, released in 2008, a camera application would join the softwares that came pre-installed with the terminal. Market analysts have suspected that Videocom was trying to take advantage of the growing market for {{wp|smartphones}}, fearing that the Videocom would become obsolete if they fail to include whatever new software that was being offered on smartphones. This trend has since slowed down ever since Videocom began to market the terminals as portable control panels for the house. | |||
==Terminals== | ==Terminals== | ||
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*[[Internet in Rumahoki]] | *[[Internet in Rumahoki]] | ||
[[Category:Rumahoki]] | [[Category:Rumahoki]] | ||
[[Category:Internet]] | |||
[[Category:IXWB]] | |||