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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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:
...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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Originally Posted by eggsandwich
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.
What makes you think that would stop the complainers from suing?
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.
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Originally Posted by jragosta
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.
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Originally Posted by mstone
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.
IOW, you're simply trolling. As usual.
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Originally Posted by jason98
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.
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Originally Posted by mfterka
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…
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
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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
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
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.
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Originally Posted by success
...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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