If you are like us, you want to see the person you are talking to. You hunger to observe what you are forced to only imagine? You have a passion to see the bright smile and joy of that special someone as they open the gift you sent that you knew was 'just for them'. You ache to see your distant family and friends as they celebrate birthdays, Christmas or welcome in the New Year.

There is now a time unlimited, inexpensive, and simple solution to all of those aspirations. As communication technology leaps forward at an astonishing rate, until now, the wireless telephone-cell phone was the greatest innovation since March 10, 1876 when Bell spoke into his device, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you", and Watson heard each word distinctly. With the invention of the Internet and VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) the latest in communication devices is the video phone.

Bell's success was the first rung on the communications ladder that future generations would climb to reach endless solutions for communication difficulties. The Iris 2000 Video Phone surfaces as one such product that is guaranteed to meet or exceed your greatest expectations. Using high speed Internet connections and the VoIP paradigm, communication is inexpensive, simple, and available to almost anyone be they a computer wizard or completely technologically illiterate. If you can use a telephone, you can use the Iris 2000 Video Phone.

The Video Phone plugs into an AC outlet with a nine volt adapter and into the internet via an Ethernet cable and within seconds you are able to use the device. Unlike other Internet web camera and computer software apparatus, the Iris 2000 is a fully functional telephone with optional video capability and no disruption to the Internet service on computers in the house. You can use your computer for business and talk with a client at same time.

One of the greatest advantages of the Video Phone is its portability; it can be taken with you on a business trip or travel and used anywhere in the world where there is a high speed Internet connection. The unit simply plugs into an Internet providers modem and a 110 volt power source and your good to go and all for one very affordable $28.99 monthly fee. This is incredibly one of those things that, albeit seems too good to be true, is.

Wish you could see in person the new addition to the family? Do you or your business partners have a need for 'video conferencing'? Would you like to speak with a missionary in a foreign land about their needs and the needs of the people they serve? Someone you know in need of comfort and face to face counsel? These and many more solutions are all within the grasp of the video phone.

Family is important to us and my wife and I enjoy seeing our children and grandchildren that reside in another state but time and the high cost of fuel or airline tickets made seeing them often impossible. We desperately wanted to remain an important influence in their lives so we searched for another means of communication; we found it in the Video Phone. I will often plug the Iris 2000 into our big screen television, make the call, and we get a life-size view of our growing off-spring. Our children have video cameras and use the Video Phone to send us the movies they record with their camera; either real-time, while they are recording, or when they are done. If a picture is worth a thousand words, a real-time video is priceless!

We are able to use our remote handsets, the wireless remotes that most people have around the house, with the Iris 2000. They just plug into the phone connection on the back of the phone and operate the same as on the old analog lines; we can have a phone in every room. Answering a call and making one are easy, just the way it has always been. Calls can easily be transferred from the Video Phone to the handset or from the handset to the video phone.

The Video Phone comes with 14 different options like voice mail, call waiting, caller ID, three-way calling, enhanced 911service, optional email notification when voice messages are left, and many other features that make life style communications as easy as dialing a telephone number. My wife and I use the call forwarding options to assure that we do not miss an important call while we are out. We can forward to as many as five different numbers either in sequence or all at once. This feature is a very important function for us since our mothers are getting up in age and have need of us often.

The Video Phone has a privacy button and mute that can be implemented at anytime so you can still answer the phone in your towel or drawers.