My Samsung Galaxy S front-facing camera doesn't work in camera app, Gtalk or Skype -- How can I use it? One of the reasons I brought my Samsung Galaxy S was because it has a front facing camera.

However I have found since buying it:


Camera app can't use it
Gtalk doesn't support video calling on android
Skype isn't supported (Update: skype has announced support, but not working on Galaxy S yet, and is voice only)


So what can I actually do with my front facing camera or did I just waste my money?
The built-in Camera app on the Galaxy S can use the front facing camera. It's called "Self Shot Mode" and I've used it on mine once or twice, easiest way to grab a quick picture of you and a friend when there's no one else around to take the shot.

Open the camera app, press the square symbol at the top-left (the mode button), press Self-Shot, smile at the funny person on the screen!

Update November 2010: As an update, the official Samsung Froyo release has changed the way this works, there is a new icon in the top-left of the camera screen, that looks like a camera with rotating arrows around it, pressing this button swaps between the front and rear cameras. Picture of the new button to swap between cameras

See this table for a list of which Galaxy S models have the front facing camera (and other differences between the models in the range).