myMatchPod says its the first online dating widget to offer free live speed dating via webcams. I guess they were so busy getting the application built that they failed to pay attention to the other 10 companies fighting for supremacy in the burgeoning videodating market.

Joining in on the fun is fast and easy. All that is needed is a microphone. For a limited time a web camera is optional.

Simply click “Take a Seat”, fill out your personal vitals, then select your match criteria. Depending on the… (more) time of day your first LIVE speed date should start within 5 minutes.

After a few minutes on myMatchPod you will have a much better idea of whether or not there is a connection with a date all without the surprises and/or headahes. All day long we offer 2 minute, 5 minute , and special interest dating sessions.

If it’s audio-based speed dating, how can a webcam be optional for a limited time?

The myMatchPod website is down at the moment, oops.

SpeedDate.com has their weekly event tonight. You know how I feel about this service.

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15minuteDate.com is a new free dating and social networking service provided for busy singles that just don’t have time to date and for those who are just too shy to make the first move. By using our service, users will be matched up with a potential blind date based on their profile information in a 15 minute meeting. During the 15 minute meeting, users will be able to meet their blind date “face to faceâ€? if they have webcam, or just used text-based chat if they don’t.

The site promotes that uses a non-Flash and non-UserPlane based technology which allows a single Linux server to handle to up tens of thousands of live video conversations between users.

As a consumer, who cares what flavor of operating system they use? The fact that my date video may pass through their server might make some people nervous.

The service is generally the same as scheduled webcamming. Hundreds of thousands of people do it every day via MSN Messenger, Yahoo videochat and various standalone clients like Paltalk, which is actually starting to take off after almost a decade.

I worked on a similar business model last spring based on Skype which is perfect for this sort of application. This is a P2P application if I ever saw one. What’s always been missing is a usable directory tying people together, allowing search, profiles with photos, etc.

15MinuteDate is a little rough around the edges. Generic templates, poorly designed User interface and navigation and even more damming, I filled out my information and it returned the same page minus my details. Give it a try and leave a comment about your experience.

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