I’m at work and haven’t had opportunity to flash the new OS.

But I read this comment from TabulaRasa in the thread about the new release with Skype and Flash9:

When I run Gtalk and open the webcam, the camera shows up within Gtalk.

Well, I know there’s a Google Talk plugin for PC’s with a webcam that allow you to use video and even have video calls with Skype users. It’s called Festoon. It came out last year, and I have no idea why I can’t reach the festooninc.com website now. Out of business? Bought by somebody bigger? Just a bad day on the internet?

At any rate, maybe someone with the new OS could let us know more about the interplay between webcam, Google Talk and video calls with PC’s using a Festooned Google Talk.

Updated: Read the comments to this post to see that now cam calling is possible from N800 to N800 with Google Talk.

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Second update:

After some back-and-forth with Thoughtfix, I think I understand this a little better now.

We’ve had a cam-call app, and I guess we’ve been able to connect to other N800’s using either Google Talk or Nokia’s service. And Nokia’s service was also potentially connecting you to a PC with a webcam.

I don’t know; I never connected to someone with a PC and webcam using Nokia’s invite.

And, gee, I guess the only video internet calls I made were to people with gmail addresses and they went through Google Talk. But when people said they were making calls through GTalk, I thought it was through the IM app — and not the webcam app I’ve been using all along. (Well, sometimes using. This is a terribly under-utilized feature right now.)

Once the Skype service adds video, gee, maybe it will be activated through the Skype app. Or maybe it will use the same app we already have and use Skype’s network (is that the right word?).

And since I don’t know of any way to get webcams connected through Google Talk other than from N800 to N800, we’re still on the outside, waiting to join the larger community of cam callers, while still participating fully in the walkaround web.