face time

Tango came out just as Apple was spending millions of marketing dollars promoting its own mobile video chat feature, FaceTime.

Personally, I found using FaceTime to transform a phone call into a video conversation rather stressful.

In the tests with my son, we compared the Skype calls to FaceTime calls and found the latter to be much better, though hardly perfect.

It's pretty clear that the next iPad should have FaceTime, Apple's mobile video chat standard.

He spends up to eight hours a day using FaceTime, the iPhone 4's video chat application.

It will have both front- and rear-facing cameras for FaceTime videoconferencing and for photos and video.

The device's manufacturer will be adding those tools in forthcoming updates, starting this week with a free FaceTime-esque Video Chat app.

FaceTime is integrated with the phone's Contacts software, and using it is as easy as making a voice call or sending a text.

A major retailer claims that Apple will refresh its iPod Touch line in September with a 5MP camera and Facetime support.

Apple has a Web page devoted to how the iPhone 4 is accessible to deaf and hard of hearing people, but the FaceTime application is absent.

It could limit the use of the word in other social networks and services, such as Apple's Facetime, lawyers said.

FaceTime is a face-to-face video chat system that uses a front-facing camera to capture your half of the conversation live.

And surely Skype and FaceTime allow far-flung family members to stay in better touch.

On stage at WWDC, Steve Jobs sits down to give a demo of the new FaceTime video-calling feature.

There will always be the strong user-base of Apple fans who will swear by FaceTime, and who can blame them?

Maybe so, but with technology like FaceTime, mobile devices will place a billion flies on as many walls.

By now you've probably heard of the alleged Facetime freezing and backlight bleeding issues facing iPad 2 owners.

So it will be interesting to watch what happens with Apple's FaceTime, the first really good mobile implementation of video calling.

There is also a new FaceTime camera, which can stream video in 720p resolution and display it in a new widescreen format.

Also, using FaceTime in public places is awkward.

Finally, the new FaceTime HD camera is included in all new models.

I'm still really excited about FaceTime, though.

Sure, when we want to see the new baby, we'll use Skype or FaceTime. But not for everyday calls.

Wi-fi, which Apple's FaceTime uses, promises a maximum about 1, 000 times faster than a traditional phone line.

AM: 19 million devices with FaceTime sold.

And, now it's FaceTime video chat app will work across iPad 2s, iPhone 4s and Macs.

Add a Front-Facing Camera and FaceTime