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Apple Rolls Out Dedicated FaceTime Support and Testing

I like the days when the internet was just starting to gain steam in the consumer space, and the big thing was that you could literally do anything in your underwear (or less?). You know, shopping, reading, browsing, learning etc etc.

But with the proliferation of high resolution video and really fast broadband connections, we might just have to start cleaning the house before we hop online :D
 
Arisian said:
If you change it by 15% it's considered a new work :) Photoshop a mustache on him/her and throw it up here!
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The apple rep I talked to didn't need a mustache photoshopped. He had more hair on his face than most creatures. I didn't take a screen shot.
 
iSee said:
This is so incredibly goofy. I love it.

Imagine calling up tech support, just so you can have a video phone conversation. So dork-awesome!

I just had a flashback to when I was a kid visiting Disney World/Epcot Center (~30 years ago). At one point there was this video concierge service. You'd sit at a booth and talk to a concierge person over a video link.

I was completely gratuitous fun; The concierges were most likely right behind the wall we were facing and could just as easily have helped us live if there were windows instead of video booths. But it was great and us kids especially loved it. I kept asking the concierge any stupid question I could think of to draw the conversation out.

I'm imagining a bunch of facetime calls like that.
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Holy crap... I too remember that video chat at Epcot... it was probably mid 80's when I saw it... funny how far we've come since then eh?
 
So a FaceTime call is basically exactly like a Skype VoIP audio video call, right? The call is routed through the net, thus making it free.

So then if there's a WiFi hotspot nearby, to which you either hacked the password, or payed for access by manually typing in your bank account details on the touchscreen, or miraculously were lucky enough to not have to provide a passcode and not have to go to a random website just to get redirected to a login screen where you have to complete a short questionnaire about fuel consumption, then check "Agree terms and conditions" just to get "Page cannot be displayed", and after the 10th time of completing the same questionnaire, you can finally use the net, then you should be able to make a FaceTime call, right?

Or you can do it at home from your own WiFi network if you have one, but then you could just do that on your computer anyway on Skype.

Oh: Does the person you're calling have to be connected to a WiFi hotspot as well?? Chances are, both of you will never be connected to a WiFi hotspot at the same time, especially not when you want to make a FaceTime call, so basically it won't ever work right?
 
MacUser4_20 said:
WOW! Worked cool. Within 2 minutes I was connected to Michael an Apple Representative, and it worked out really cool, easy and he went through the features and was quite helpful! This is a another great customer service attribute to Apple!
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I was totally impressed with it. I also thought it was cool that once Facetime is started, it moves entirely over to the Internet, which means no minutes required.
 
No Bluetooth in FaceTime

Just got off the iPhone with an Apple Rep and asked about bluetooth during facetime. If I use my bluetooth headset to make the initial calll, if I initiate FaceTime, bluetooth is disabled. The rep confirmed this and told me that bluetooth is NOT supported at this time. I'm a little disappointed since there is considerable background noise using the speakerphone. Oh well....

Vinny
 
baryon said:
So a FaceTime call is basically exactly like a Skype VoIP audio video call, right? The call is routed through the net, thus making it free.

So then if there's a WiFi hotspot nearby, to which you either hacked the password, or payed for access by manually typing in your bank account details on the touchscreen, or miraculously were lucky enough to not have to provide a passcode and not have to go to a random website just to get redirected to a login screen where you have to complete a short questionnaire about fuel consumption, then check "Agree terms and conditions" just to get "Page cannot be displayed", and after the 10th time of completing the same questionnaire, you can finally use the net, then you should be able to make a FaceTime call, right?

Or you can do it at home from your own WiFi network if you have one, but then you could just do that on your computer anyway on Skype.

Oh: Does the person you're calling have to be connected to a WiFi hotspot as well?? Chances are, both of you will never be connected to a WiFi hotspot at the same time, especially not when you want to make a FaceTime call, so basically it won't ever work right?
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You make a valid point, but for someone who travels a lot like me... if I had a wife and kid at home I could see myself being on the wifi at the hotel while they are on the wifi at home...

And sure, people can use Skype on their PC... but with the iPhone all you have to do is make a phone call and press a button... pretty simple. With the PC you have boot it up, log in, load the Skype app... blah, blah, blah. I'm sure that most of the users on this forum are pretty technical, but for the common non-technical user (think... your parents, grandparents) using the phone to make a video call seems a lot simpler.

I expect, as others have said, that we will eventually have the ability to make a iPhone video call to a PC soon enough anyway.
 
Hope They're Hot!

I hope their chick customer service reps are hot...I would love to get some FaceTime with them...
 
Westyfield2 said:
No screenshots/videos yet?! :p
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From what people have said, recording the call is not allowed, this would include screenshots and videos.

And remember they know exactly who everyone is who calls so any posted material would easily be traced back to the person who posted it.
 
I did a video chat with a friend of mine within hours of receiving my iPhone 4. It worked flawlessly. Having the flexibility of two cameras really adds a lot of perspective, and makes it feel much more than just your average video chat.

Great work.
 
baryon said:
So then if there's a WiFi hotspot nearby, to which you either hacked the password, or payed for access by manually typing in your bank account details on the touchscreen, or miraculously were lucky enough to not have to provide a passcode and not have to go to a random website just to get redirected to a login screen where you have to complete a short questionnaire about fuel consumption, then check "Agree terms and conditions" just to get "Page cannot be displayed", and after the 10th time of completing the same questionnaire, you can finally use the net, then you should be able to make a FaceTime call, right?

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Wow, that was one long sentence!
 
Just did it to worked to with out a problem. So glad i canaceld my preorder for the july14th and just waited 15 mins in line today to get one lol.
 
SeattleMoose said:
Breathlessly posting about my life!!!!

- Got up
- Ate breakfast (see Photo!!!)
- Called Pookie (see Photo!!!)
- Posted pictures of trip to Kalamazoo!!!! (see pix)
- Posted picture of little Nutley's first steps (see pix)

WOW....HOW EXCITING!!!!!
:p
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Whoaa Kalamazoo, can I see the pics Im from there
 
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This is pretty cool. It is really nice that Apple set this up. I like the idea of a face to face support call. On a side note, I've been surprised at how well Face Time actually works. I expected it to be grainy and jumpy but it appears to be really smooth so far.
 
I tried it out!! Very cool!!

I cannot wait until some of my pals gets the new iPhone so we can chat using Facetime! It is super awesome! You can multi-task with it too.
Give em' a call :)
 
Facetime support from Apple?

I believe it's Apple Inc losing face and in need of some serious support...

Those genius boys and girls will say: Don't touch it!

Gasu E. said:
No way that would work. Obviously FaceTime only works with FACES!

:p
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Unless some dicks call...
 
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