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FaceTime over cellular from AT&T will only be available to Mobile Share customers

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 20th, 2012)

AT&T announced on Friday that it will offer FaceTime over Cellular at no additional cost to customers who are subscribed to a Mobile Share plan, says a report in Engadget. Customers who stay on a grandfathered unlimited plan or a tiered plan will be limited to using FaceTime over a WiFi ...

Sprint won't charge for 3G FaceTime

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 19th, 2012)

One new feature that iOS 6 brings to the table is FaceTime calling over 3G. The fact that it runs on a cellular network puts carriers in the position of potentially regulating the video calling app. Unlike AT&T which is on the fence, Sprint has confirmed it will not charge for access to the ...

AT&T responds to rumor of paid 3G FaceTime

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jul 18th, 2012)

FaceTime over 3G will finally bring Apple's video calling tech to cellular networks, but will it cost you extra? According to AT&T's CEO, "it's too early to talk about pricing." I'm guessing that's business talk for "we'll see if it costs us too much money to support and then decide." Remember ...

FaceTime updated with cellular support, unified Apple ID

by Dave Caolo (Jun 11th, 2012)

Finally! Apple announced that FaceTime will work over a cellular network in iOS 6. This long sought-after feature has been advertised as an advantage by competitors who's devices have cellular video chat in place. Additionally, Apple will unify customers' phone number and Apple ID. That way, if ...

Pro baseball players and staff eager for new iPad

by Steven Sande (Mar 16th, 2012)

Major League Baseball spring training is well underway, and the 2012 season starts up in less than two weeks. We're anxious for the first pitch on opening day, but USA Today is reporting that MLB players and staff are excited about today's "season opener" for the new iPad. USA Today ...

FaceTime not supported over LTE on new iPad (Updated)

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 15th, 2012)

Reviews for the new iPad went live last night. While most reviewers were pleased with the tablet's LTE performance, there was one glaring omission. According to The Verge, the new iPad does not support FaceTime over LTE. You can turn on the iPad's WiFi hotspot and fire up FaceTime on the iPhone ...

Family, tech and the joy of Apple's iPad

by Steven Sande (Mar 2nd, 2012)

Apple aficionados often struggle to describe just what makes them love the company's products. In the case of GigaOM founder Om Malik, a recent experience in which he handed over his iPad 2 to his mother in India was the basis for a wonderful heartfelt story about what makes Apple products so ...

Thoughts on Messages, FaceTime and an open standard

by Mike Schramm (Feb 25th, 2012)

So here is an interesting read for this weekend: It's about Messages, how they've just made it across to the desktop (in beta form, sure, but coming soon in final version form), and how they sort of "compete" against FaceTime in Apple's messaging domain. Writer Trevor Gilbert's suggestion is that ...

iPad 2 + iPad 2 + fake blood = awesome "hole in torso" costume

by Mike Schramm (Oct 30th, 2011)

We'll have more costumes today and tomorrow, but this one was too good to not share right now. YouTube user onemeeeliondollars has posted video of a costume he apparently made with two iPad 2s that makes it look like you can see clean through his torso. As he says in the video below, you just ...

FaceTime calls are encrypted, HIPAA compliant

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Sep 21st, 2011)

This isn't the issue from last fall, but Apple addressed questions regarding FaceTime security to ZDNet. An Apple representative assured the site that the FaceTime conversation stream is encrypted from end to end, and each FaceTime session has unique session keys for each user. What this does ...

AirPlay mirroring for FaceTime appears to be coming in iOS 5

by Dave Caolo (Jul 13th, 2011)

Here's some interesting news. It appears that FaceTime will gain AirPlay support with iOS 5. Rene Ritchie at TiPb has posted a screenshot of a FaceTime call up on a big TV. Noting that he "snuck out to a developer friend's place to try it out," Rene calls the experience "magical." This feature ...

New iPhone commercials feature FaceTime and AirPlay

by Michael Grothaus (Jul 10th, 2011)

Apple has aired two new iPhone commercials. The first features the capabilities of FaceTime on the iPhone. It shows users video chatting via FaceTime iPhone to iPhone, iPhone to MacBook Air, and iPhone to iPad. The second iPhone commercial showcases the iPhone's AirPlay features. The ...

iOS 5 rumored to offer FaceTime in the Middle East

by Michael Grothaus (Jun 9th, 2011)

Readers in the UAE and other countries will be happy to know that FaceTime is working again on iPhones in the Middle East under the latest iOS 5 beta. As you may recall, when Apple introduced FaceTime in iOS 4, many carriers in the Middle East refused to allow FaceTime on their networks. ...

Exclusive: TinyChat to enable location-linked video chat on iPhone 4

by Michael Rose (May 13th, 2011)

When it comes to ad-hoc video chatting with friends, strangers or space aliens, the heir apparent to the Chatroulette throne is TinyChat. This Flash-based video-chatting service, launched in 2009, lets you create chatrooms on the fly. You and several friends can all broadcast, while more ...

Microsoft may be about to buy Skype

by Chris Rawson (May 9th, 2011)

If you were hoping Skype's busted UI and security vulnerabilities would get major improvements in the future, this latest news might kill that hope. According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft is in talks to buy Skype for nearly US$8 billion. On the surface of it, this seems a mystifying ...