Facetime on wifi only for now....

[msavwah]

I recall Jobs saying something about facetime going to 3G once the carriers can support it.

I think this means when they can figure out how to charge for it.

We may very well end up with
Minutes
Data
SMS/mms
Facetime/video chat minutes

That's not what I hope to see.

I think since people are getting capped now, well, then data is data so let us do anything we want and pay for what we use instead of having different categories that are all pretty much using the same resources.

Get rid of minutes
Text plans and be a dumb pipe utility.

Don't expect that to happen though as they have now gotten away with getting us from both ends.
So it wouldn't surprise me to see facetime minutes on 3g in our future.

What do you think?

 

[vizkiz]

Check your AT&T account online (not the app). There's already a provision on there for video chat with the other data stuff that I don't believe was there a few months ago. I'd post a pic I sent to my brother, but I'm in bed about to go to sleep. I'm sure someone else here has a screencap of it.

 

[deannnnn]

If they charge for FaceTime over 3G it will likely be a flat rate monthly fee for unlimited use. Let's just hope we don't see any charges for it.

 

[Applejuiced]

Check your AT&T account online (not the app). There's already a provision on there for video chat with the other data stuff that I don't believe was there a few months ago. I'd post a pic I sent to my brother, but I'm in bed about to go to sleep. I'm sure someone else here has a screencap of it.

Im logged in but cant find the video chat provision anywhere.
Where did you see it?

 

[bLaZ3n]

If they charge for FaceTime over 3G it will likely be a flat rate monthly fee for unlimited use. Let's just hope we don't see any charges for it.

this.

 

[darngooddesign]

this.

Not that.

It will just be part of your data plan.

 

[goobot]

it will either just use all data or use the talking as minutes and the screen as data.

 

[vizkiz]

Im logged in but cant find the video chat provision anywhere.
Where did you see it?

When you login:
One the secondary bar (under the My Account bar), there is;
Account Overview | My Services | Bill & Payments | Usage & Recent Activity

Select Usage & Recent Activity.
On the left side, select Data Used.
Under Data Detail, there is a dropdown box labeled Filter Data Usage by: and it's in there.

 

[kmpoboy2]

Check your AT&T account online (not the app). There's already a provision on there for video chat with the other data stuff that I don't believe was there a few months ago. I'd post a pic I sent to my brother, but I'm in bed about to go to sleep. I'm sure someone else here has a screencap of it.

That's always been there. I remember cause when I changed to AT&T I did it online and I remembered asking me if I wanted the feature. And its not video call, its video share what AT&T offers, its not the same thing. When I was a member of the XDA community, we always discussed the necessity to have video call in the dialer, because AT&T doesn't support video call just video share.

 

[Applejuiced]

When you login:
One the secondary bar (under the My Account bar), there is;
Account Overview | My Services | Bill & Payments | Usage & Recent Activity

Select Usage & Recent Activity.
On the left side, select Data Used.
Under Data Detail, there is a dropdown box labeled Filter Data Usage by: and it's in there.

Oh I see it now.
Yes those are general options always been there for many different devices that use those plans/settings.
Those will also be there even if your using a moto razor or any cellphone in general.

 

[efp1]

I got a strange pop up notifications about video calls on my iPhone 4.

The notification says:

"Video Calls

Your carrier may charge for SMS messages used to activate video calling."

It gave the options 'Cancel' and 'OK'

I thought it was strange so I took a screenshot of it. Maybe if I call my carrier and ask them to turn on video calling I can video call with my iPhone 4??? Maybe receive video calls? I don't know...

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

I got a strange pop up notifications about video calls on my iPhone 4.

The notification says:

"Video Calls

Your carrier may charge for SMS messages used to activate video calling."

It gave the options 'Cancel' and 'OK'

I thought it was strange so I took a screenshot of it. Maybe if I call my carrier and ask them to turn on video calling I can video call with my iPhone 4??? Maybe receive video calls? I don't know...

Not that strange. FaceTime requires a texting plan in order to activate it. Turning on FaceTime in settings apparently sends a text message to Apple.

 

[efp1]

Not that strange. FaceTime requires a texting plan in order to activate it. Turning on FaceTime in settings apparently sends a text message to Apple.

What seemed strange was that it says video calls, not 'FaceTime.' you might be right, though.