Cisco will launch IP phones with built-in camera sometime next year, according to reports. So far, the company has been selling a solution that offers video telephony using an external camera. An integrated camera should be pretty cool, and would help the company get a big slice of the video conferencing market. We know a lot of companies are working on products that target the consumer market. I have a Packet 8 video-phone which I admit, I still have not tried. Perhaps, after this issue closes. (More on Cisco’s video phones here)