Isn't FaceTime supposed to work only over WiFi and with other iPhones?

[HXGuy]

Why is it that the FaceTime icon isn't grayed out when on 3G and why does it give you the option no matter who you are talking to? I figured the two phones would somehow communicate and only if it detected another iPhone it would give you the option.

Are you guys seeing the same thing?

 

[Mkz]

I don't see how the iPhone would know that the other phones were iPhones or not. And also Apple have set Facetime as the open standard so they don't want to limit it to just iPhones I guess.

 

[HXGuy]

What about the 3G?

 

[fuzion]

When you hit facetime it queries the other phone for information.. I'm sure facetime will work on 3g, but the carriers aren't allowing it right now.

 

[bova80]

have you lived in a ditch? its been said the facetime will only work over wifi since they unveiled the iphone 4.

 

[TSX]

Hopefully this is solved by Jailbreaking.

 

[HXGuy]

You guys aren't understanding me.

I'm saying that FaceTime is being allowed to initiate over 3G and I was expecting it to work only over wifi.

 

[bova80]

ohhh...i see you said isn't not is....my bad, sorry

 

[samcraig]

As mentioned in some articles - that's because you can call someone and then switch to facetime. Once you switch to facetime - the call is essentially dropped (i.e. you are no longer connected via a service provider like ATT - but just wifi)