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Tablets How Android users communicate to IOS Facetime users

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hajime

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Hello, I use Galaxy Note tablets but my sister uses iPAD. What is the best way to do video chat besides using Skype?
 
pdqgp

pdqgp

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Mar 23, 2010
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Hangouts. I mainly use it with my daughter though....daddy's little girl :D
 
Quotenfrau

Quotenfrau

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Mar 6, 2011
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Now it's Apple's turn to standardize Facetime or release clients for non-apple devices.

I prefer open standards, not proprietary vendor lock-in.
 
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Visionblue

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Quotenfrau said:
Now it's Apple's turn to standardize Facetime or release clients for non-apple devices.

I prefer open standards, not proprietary vendor lock-in.
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Didn't Apple promise an open client for facetime a few years back? I wonder if they scrapped those plans?
 
Fernandez21

Fernandez21

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Jun 16, 2010
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Visionblue said:
Didn't Apple promise an open client for facetime a few years back? I wonder if they scrapped those plans?
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Its because some other company had the patents to protocols Apple used for FaceTime and were sued. Apple lost so they couldn't make it open source like they had planned.

Not sure what's happening now though and if they plan on doing something different.
 
AustinIllini

AustinIllini

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Oct 20, 2011
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Fernandez21 said:
Its because some other company had the patents to protocols Apple used for FaceTime and were sued. Apple lost so they couldn't make it open source like they had planned.

Not sure what's happening now though and if they plan on doing something different.
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Right. Apple wanted FaceTime to become a standard, but the threat of litigation caused them to backtrack.
 
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Apollo 13

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I do remember Apple saying they would make facetime open. I've been wondering what the hold up was and now I do thx to this thread.
 
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