iOS warning messages hint at 3G support for Apple's FaceTime

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  • Reply 21 of 31
    drdoppiodrdoppio Posts: 1,132member

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    Originally Posted by eggsandwich View Post


    It would be great if Apple got round to enabling FaceTime for more than 2 people. If they did THAT, and ALSO enabled it for use on 3G, iOS users will no longer have the need for the Skypes, Frings, etc of the world. That would ring true to the simplicity ethos.



     


    This may sound like a crazy idea to you, but wouldn't it be greater if Apple made FT an open standard? If they did that, iOS users would no longer need Skype, Fring, Google Talk, Hangout, etc. to talk to the other 90% of the world.

  • Reply 22 of 31
    jragostajragosta Posts: 10,473member
    charlituna wrote: »
    I suspect that IF ATT etc ever allow FaceTime over 3g there will be warnings put in that you are in 3g and overages may occur etc. 

    What makes you think that would stop the complainers from suing?
    drdoppio wrote: »
    This may sound like a crazy idea to you, but wouldn't it be greater if Apple made FT an open standard? If they did that, iOS users would no longer need Skype, Fring, Google Talk, Hangout, etc. to talk to the other 90% of the world.

    Apple originally planned to do so. Why don't you ask them?

    At this point, we don't know if Apple followed through or not. All we know is that either Apple failed to do so or the other companies declined to use it. But feel free to find out which is the case and let us know.
  • Reply 23 of 31
    drdoppiodrdoppio Posts: 1,132member

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    Originally Posted by jragosta View Post





    Apple originally planned to do so. Why don't you ask them?


    I was being sarcastic, sorry if it didn't transpire. Between Skype and Google Voice privately, and Polycom professionally, all my chat, audio call, video call, file transfer, conference call, and two-way landline connectivity needs are covered. I am not, and I doubt that many others are, interested in niche non-standard alternatives.

  • Reply 24 of 31
    jason98jason98 Posts: 768member

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    Originally Posted by mstone View Post





    As mentioned I have never used it but how do you initiate a FaceTime call to international contacts. With Skype you can see if someone is online and you can just click on video call to start.


     


    You can either call by full international number including country code or by e-mail address associated with Facetime account. Works both ways at least between USA and Russia.


    Although you can't see if someone is online but it is no different than just calling.


    Also some of my Skype contacts hide themselves as being offline, so I still have to call them before knowing if they there or not.

  • Reply 25 of 31
    jragostajragosta Posts: 10,473member
    drdoppio wrote: »
    I was being sarcastic, sorry if it didn't transpire. Between Skype and Google Voice privately, and Polycom professionally, all my chat, audio call, video call, file transfer, conference call, and two-way landline connectivity needs are covered. I am not, and I doubt that many others are, interested in niche non-standard alternatives.

    IOW, you're simply trolling. As usual.
  • Reply 26 of 31
    mfterkamfterka Posts: 50member

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    Originally Posted by jason98 View Post


     


    Try video call in FaceTime and compare it to Skype between the same iOS devices under the same conditions/networks.


    You will discover that Facetime video quality and sound synchronization is by far more superior than Skype's.



     


     


    But isn't it only Facetime to Facetime iDevices? That is, if your contact doesn't have an iDevice you can't run Facetime to somebody running a Skype video call on his laptop.

  • Reply 27 of 31
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member

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    Originally Posted by mfterka View Post

    But isn't it only Facetime to Facetime iDevices? That is, if your contact doesn't have an iDevice you can't run Facetime to somebody running a Skype video call on his laptop.


     


    Of course not, but that doesn't stop one from running the test.


     


    Personally I hate Skype for refusing to follow the stuff iChat put in place. There should never have been more than one video protocol system… thing…

  • Reply 28 of 31
    drdoppiodrdoppio Posts: 1,132member

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    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post


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    Personally I hate Skype for refusing to follow the stuff iChat put in place. There should never have been more than one video protocol system… thing…



     


    I also dislike the fact that Skype runs on a proprietary protocol. Luckily, Skype has clients for every major OS, but I've had countless issues with various of its features in the past. The software finally started to seem more mature at about the time Microsoft bought Skype -- I guess they've stopped trying to "improve" it.


     


    Unlike Skype, Google Talk uses the open Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP), which makes it possible for various clients to connect to Google's service:


     


    https://developers.google.com/talk/open_communications


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Messaging_and_Presence_Protocol

  • Reply 29 of 31
    successsuccess Posts: 1,040member

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    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post


    Uh, it's already enabled in other countries… It's just turned off in the US because our telecoms are whores.



    ...and Japan follows the US. Can't do anything on its own. Japanese carriers are whores' whores.

  • Reply 30 of 31
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member

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    Originally Posted by success View Post

    ...and Japan follows the US. Can't do anything on its own. Japanese carriers are whores' whores.


     


    If that's the case (and you'd know), then that makes me even madder. One of three or four countries that can truly take absolute charge with this and they follow OUR lead?!


     


    ????????

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