VoIP videophone from Vonage announced

Make way for VoIP videophones, or a whole lotta hype over nothing? Time will tell. Vonage today announced a partnership with video communication technologies maker Viseon to create just a VoIP video chat device for release in 2005. A beta is scheduled for debut at CES in January. Image: Viseon's current videophone, which retails for about $500. The Vonage-ified version is expected to look similar. Link to Vonage press release, and link to Forbes story.