I use Skype all the time. Works fine. I have Skype numbers, account balance for calling minutes, etc. Very useful app. I also use Facetime with friends and family who I know have Apple devices, but a lot of my overseas business contacts are on Windows and use Skype, so having MS continue to update and improve it is important for me.
When M$ bought Skype, I feared this day was coming.
So what other "cross platform" voice and video App is there?
So much for PPC Skype, I suspect early Intel Mac 10.6 will soon go to history as well.
Yes Skype on my iPhone is great to avoid huge roaming charges. The best deal for me is a simple Skype account for about $14, which lasts forever if you use it at least every 3 months. Skype calls to phones almost everywhere in the world are only about 4¢ per minute.
Skype absolutely sucks, always has. Even voice calls are unreliable and if poor quality. But worst of all, I live overseas and have a US number so clients can easily contact me. The recent iPhone update is incompatible with voice mail!!! WTF Microsucks, why would you ever release this POS!!!???
I use Skype all the time. Works fine. I have Skype numbers, account balance for calling minutes, etc. Very useful app. I also use Facetime with friends and family who I know have Apple devices, but a lot of my overseas business contacts are on Windows and use Skype, so having MS continue to update and improve it is important for me.
Works on windows, Mac and iOS. Lots of people I need to communicate with have it. It's very popular in Asia.
It almost always works for me. I do tons of free conference calls with it.
Some of you whiners would complain if MS gave away $20 bills, and would buy Ferrero Rocher made from used cat litter, if Apple told you it was "cool"...
That means the ppc version will also stop working. Without getting an update.
There is no sense to continue supporting hardware that no longer has a user-base. As a software engineer, I have had to make calls to drop support for Mac OS versions and hardware because maintaining compatibility had no ROI due to a small user-base and was a support nightmare.
They already don't allow the 2.x versions to do video. So I use the newer version only when I need video. Otherwise I stick to the 2.7 client because it takes up much less screen real estate.
Can I use FaceTime to contact clients who use Windows PCs or Android tablets?
Given FaceTime is not supported on the most popular desktop and mobile operating systems nationally or worldwide, I have not had much use for it myself. I use Skype myself as an alternative to Ventrillo and TeamSpeak for online gaming.
You should be able to when Apple open sources it as they promised.
Given that was promised four years ago, and by somebody now deceased, I would not hold my breath that FaceTime becoming an open standard is any longer on Apple's radar.
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and it will now be called microsoft messenger...
...or, given its legendary freezing and MS' current focus on all thing Google, "Hangups".....
I use Skype all the time. Works fine. I have Skype numbers, account balance for calling minutes, etc. Very useful app. I also use Facetime with friends and family who I know have Apple devices, but a lot of my overseas business contacts are on Windows and use Skype, so having MS continue to update and improve it is important for me.
Here's one product that won't need a mandatory upgrade...
My middle finger.
Bite me MS!
So what other "cross platform" voice and video App is there?
So much for PPC Skype, I suspect early Intel Mac 10.6 will soon go to history as well.
Yes Skype on my iPhone is great to avoid huge roaming charges.
The best deal for me is a simple Skype account for about $14, which lasts forever if you use it at least every 3 months.
Skype calls to phones almost everywhere in the world are only about 4¢ per minute.
And Apple built FaceTime in house...I get that Skype does a few more things, but that says a lot I think...
You either get with the times or you get left behind.
Works on windows, Mac and iOS. Lots of people I need to communicate with have it. It's very popular in Asia.
It almost always works for me. I do tons of free conference calls with it.
Some of you whiners would complain if MS gave away $20 bills, and would buy Ferrero Rocher made from used cat litter, if Apple told you it was "cool"...
There is no sense to continue supporting hardware that no longer has a user-base. As a software engineer, I have had to make calls to drop support for Mac OS versions and hardware because maintaining compatibility had no ROI due to a small user-base and was a support nightmare.
It is a popular app. Maybe it will make people update their OS X. If they put it on the App Store, people will have to update to 10.6 at least.
Can I use FaceTime to contact clients who use Windows PCs or Android tablets?
Given FaceTime is not supported on the most popular desktop and mobile operating systems nationally or worldwide, I have not had much use for it myself. I use Skype myself as an alternative to Ventrillo and TeamSpeak for online gaming.
Can I use FaceTime to contact clients who use Windows PCs or Android tablets?
You should be able to when Apple open sources it as they promised.
Given that was promised four years ago, and by somebody now deceased, I would not hold my breath that FaceTime becoming an open standard is any longer on Apple's radar.
You’ll want to check yourself before you wreck yourself.
*Double-checks* And I am correct. Unless you live in Japan, TS.
FaceTime isn’t available on iOS? Okay…