- I just had my first Facetime video chat with my cousin and it was magnificent! I've done skype before, but being able to show them what I'm looking at is awesome while not having to carry the laptop around and holding the webcam at the same time which sucks!
I must say that the iPhone is the most beast phone I've ever owned!
Share your first Facetime experience!05-09-11 07:50 PMLike 0 - 05-09-11 09:33 PMLike 0
- FaceTime is great. I have used it on my iPhone and iPad 2. The video and audio quality is the best that I have seen on any smartphone this far. We are really getting into it.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com05-15-11 04:53 AMLike 0 - I've used Facetime twice. When the phone first came out. To see what it was all
about. Haven't used it since.05-15-11 01:02 PMLike 0 -
- 05-23-11 08:12 PMLike 0
- It's hard to find people to FaceTime with. If anyone interested jus hit me up [email protected]08-30-11 10:21 PMLike 0
- I just had my first Facetime video chat with my cousin and it was magnificent! I've done skype before, but being able to show them what I'm looking at is awesome while not having to carry the laptop around and holding the webcam at the same time which sucks!
I must say that the iPhone is the most beast phone I've ever owned!
Share your first Facetime experience!08-31-11 02:18 AMLike 0 -
your right nokia had it 1st on the e71 but the issue there is that phone was not offered by any carrier in the united states(that i know of). You had to buy the phone directly from nokia for 600+ dollars then pop in your sim card.
they sold almost 500 million of them but 75% of those sales were international.08-31-11 08:50 AMLike 0 -
- I am talking about the fact that in the USA, people seem to be excited for anything Apple does, and think its so innovative when really something like facetime has been on other phones for a while and its nothing new. That's all.08-31-11 04:51 PMLike 0
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- You just (partially) contradicted yourself.
As a general overview of technologies, perhaps. Not sure if "makes them better" refers directly to video calling or some of their features in general. Features in general, debatable on "better" or bringing it "mainstream," but they definitely can stir interest in things that have been here for a while.
However, for Video Calling:
You just said on the prior page that "your right nokia had it 1st on the e71...they sold almost 500 million of them but 75% of those sales were international."
Now you're saying that Apple brings it to the mainstream? Apple just made it popular in the US, nothing more. The e71 was one of the first of many phones to have video calling internationally, so it's been 'mainstream' for years now, it's just the US has lagged behind because of carrier support for video data transfer over their network. Better OS wise? I'm still iffy on that. Prettier? Yes. Only between iPhones for a while when other phones had front facing cameras? Not really open and not ideal in all situations or international calling when it first rolled out. Spec wise? Expected with upgrades.
Anyway, I agree with GolfnCPA that as long as technology as a whole moves forward, I'm fine with companies fighting amongst themselves for the benefit of consumer's money
In terms of video chats themselves, I honestly use Skype more than anything due to the rest of my family owning Windows-based machines. Having FaceTime on my Mac and iPod....I don't use it at all just because video calling just really isn't there yet (especially over phones). It's nifty, it's useful, but I honestly find myself using my computer more-so than a handheld device. So for FaceTime, I've used it when I first got it to see it, but it honestly does nothing personally for me that Skype hasn't been able to do for a while now (for how I live my life anyway).09-01-11 12:23 AMLike 0 - I love using it to see my wife and kids from the office. And somehow it's always alot more solid and stable than other video chat platforms. Btw. Here's a tip..... I was at a hockey game with my business partner. My oldest kid calls me from home and asks why she can't get through to me on FaceTime from our iPad. I said-- "sorry kitty cat.... I'm not on wifi". BUT... I proceeded to grab my partner's iphone, turn on his hotspot, log into his hotspot with MY iPhone, and voila!! I was on wifi and my kid was able to FaceTime me.
I'm mostly a BB guy but you gotta love the Apple stuff. :-).
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So the technology to do this is cool, however, I don't think quality FaceTime over 3g will ever be a reality. 4g maybe. Might as well just take a picture and email it.09-16-11 10:33 AMLike 0 - Not just for teenage girls. When I go on business trips I like to do video chat with my wife and little girl. Also, we do video chat with my daughter's grandparents. And sometimes it's just nice to see someone's face when you are talking to them.09-17-11 05:00 PMLike 0
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