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> Maybe it's just me, but I kind of find this a bit creepy.

As long as the person on the other end knows that he's on-camera, I think it's NBD. The trick is ensuring that eh really does know that, and isn't picking his teeth, washing his hands &c.

Actually the person calling is on camera and the person on the receiving end sees the preview. Person on the receiving end is not on the camera until they accept the call.

That's what I meant — the caller is on-camera, the callee is not, the caller knows he's on-camera, all is well with the world.

It's live, and it says at the top: "the camera is on" basically. It's like the call already started as far as the caller is concerned -- no ringing necessary.

I screen lots of calls via the ansaphone on my landline. It's a feature I would miss if I went mobile-phone-only.

I like the idea for video calls too.

The person calling is the one who is being previewed. As the caller you can disable it if you don't like the feature.