Ipad 2 camera only works online for facetime?

[xelaetaks]

I was thinking, the only way to use the cam as a webcam is with facetime??


I think it would be 10 times better if you can use the camera as a webcam on other sites too.

 

[TruckdriverSean]

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I don't know for sure about the iPad 2, but the iPhone 4's camera can be used with other video services like Skype, Tango, etc.

 

[dacreativeguy]

You just need to wait for all the 3rd party developers to add support for the ipad 2. With the shortages, some devs may not even have a unit to test with yet.

 

[CAWjr]

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I don't know for sure about the iPad 2, but the iPhone 4's camera can be used with other video services like Skype, Tango, etc.

Would Skype be able to work on the iPad without an update? Has anyone tried it?

I would really like to see apps like Yahoo Messenger utilize the webcam feature.

 

[rawlus]

skype works, but it is not an ipad optimized app at this time, just an iphone app - so it's the smaller screen size (you can 2x it, but that's it)

 

[CAWjr]

skype works, but it is not an ipad optimized app at this time, just an iphone app - so it's the smaller screen size (you can 2x it, but that's it)

Not ideal, but at least it's something. Thanks!

 

[Jamie37211]

More apps will join in

It'll take a bit of time for iPad app devs to get on board. I could see Skype getting a dedicated iPad app out there. I also saw that WebEx for iPad now supports video, which will be helpful to me on the work side of things.

Just because the camera is not accessible through all related apps yet, you can't lay the blame on apple or the camera. Like someone posted, the 3rd party app devs have to step up.