Apple Launches $0.99 Mac FaceTime App on Mac App Store

[zedsdead]

This is pretty lame, even for Apple.

 

[saxamoophone]

Will Apple have to give 30% of its sale to Apple?

 

[haruhiko]

crazy fast mbp's? where do you see crazy fast macbooks??
these are just fast, no more than that

Exactly. Sandy Bridge CPU is reported to be ~1x% faster than the Arrandale with the same clock speed. But it seems that Apple now provides Sandy Bridge CPUs with lower clock speed than the 2010 generation.

 

[fishkorp]

hmm slightly angry at the $0.99 charge, especially for something that we previously had free (beta) but I guess it doesn't really matter. I'll be downloading this

Companies never charge for betas. You can get a free beta version of Windows, but that doesn't mean they give you the final version free.

I'm not defending the $0.99 price tag, I think it's ridiculous. But I'm just stating that just because a beta is free, doesn't mean the final product will be.

 

[womble2k2]

Only difference appears to be HD mode.

Oh yes, worth paying £0.59 to allow friends and family to see every wrinkle!?!

Phil

 

[itsjoncharles]

I opened the beta app. It still works. Screw buying it.

 

[McBeats]

LOL, are you kidding me???

What, are they TRYING to make people not use it?

Sorry, can't help but to think apple sucks for this one. (yea I know I'm whining over .99, but seriously, I'd rather use skype)

 

[tjcampbell]

I'm a big fan of FaceTime on my iPhone. No idea why they are charging for an apple app as straightforward as this. iChat integration would be totally logical. LAME

 

[gnasher729]

Yeah! Pay money for a rebranded iChat AV!

Hooray to Apple and their brilliant marketing move to collect even more credit card numbers!

iChat doesn't talk to phones.
And what are you suggesting would Apple do with your credit card number?

 

[fishmoose]

Yeah I never used Facetime even on my iPhone 4 so I don't know no reason for me to buy this right now. Will buy it if I ever need it though.

 

[adulgo]

Nope. Not going to pay money for rebranded iChat. Especially when there are many other free options. e.g. Skype etc. It's sad that Apple is slowing slipping towards true greed.

 

[spazzcat]

Exactly. Sandy Bridge CPU is reported to be ~1x% faster than the Arrandale with the same clock speed. But it seems that Apple now provides Sandy Bridge CPUs with lower clock speed than the 2010 generation.

I would guess this would be for battery life.

 

[zedsdead]

Only difference appears to be HD mode.

Oh yes, worth paying £0.59 to allow friends and family to see every wrinkle!?!

Phil

What HD mode? I bought it hoping to see that and I don't see any preference for it.

 

[Algaeman]

Ridiculous! $0.99 for something you can get for free from Skype? Lame.

 

[shervieux]

This may sound like a newbie question but....

If only the people I know have macs (don't have ipod touch with camera). What would be the use of this, over the original iChat and using the video? I use that quite often. And given that you must use your Apple ID - does that now mean; I could not use it with my friends who are on AIM? I use the video chat over AIM (not everyone has a mac).

 

[Torrijos]

WOW that is really cheap!

This all should have been part of an iChat update!

BAD Apple!

 

[spazzcat]

How many people really use facetime,other then just trying it out to see how it works?

 

[HickStone]

Dont buy!

If you don't buy it apple will offer it for free soon!

 

[/dev/toaster]

Classic case of Apple nickel and dimming you. This should be free, come on man!

 

[haruhiko]

Because Apple knows thousands of idiots will pay for it.

I just saw one above. Nice.

 

[GeekLawyer]

Wow, all this commotion over $.99? That's what's ridiculous.

 

[haruhiko]

I also never understood why the facetime wasn't simply made into iChat.

I'm sure that you understand now!

 

[zin]

Well, at least it's cheaper in the UK than in the US. For once.

 

[nathanw]

I'm just gonna keep using the beta...I haven't had any problems.

 

[Mjmar]

Thanks Apple, love yaaaa