hello; that was very helpful. so far it seams to me that the mac version of FaceTime is less daunting than the mac version of Skype. but since not everyone has an apple of some kind, i guess i'll have to use both. take care, max On Apr 7, 2012, at 8:58 AM, Paul Erkens wrote:
> I use facetime every day to talk to friends who have an iPhone or have a mac. > Facetime is accessible, and I can confirm it because I use it so often. As > soon as another friend of ours gets an iphone, we no longer use the regular > phones anymore. Facetime sounds very good and it's a breeze to use. > By the way: if you have an iPhone, you use FaceTime and you don't want others > to see you, although facetime is a video plus audio service, you can still > turn off your local camera that sends your looks to the other party. Just > press home on your iPhone. Facetime will continue to go, but from then on, > you're only transmitting audio, and your receiving party will see a cross > through his remote camera, which is you. It saves battery. To return to > facetime, if you want to send video again, look in the status bar on the > right. You'll see a button called: return to facetime. This also means that > you can go to other apps, for example to look up an address for your friend > if you like, and then return to facetime so you can later disconnect your > call. > On the mac, I find the interface a little more difficult, but because > facetime is on every mac and iphone, and on several other i devices, no > configuration is needed. If your contact list on the phone or on the mac > contains the mobile number and or the apple ID email address of your other > party, then you're good to go. > Hth, > Paul. > > On Apr 7, 2012, at 11:54 AM, chris hallsworth wrote: > >> It also works with the iPod as well. >> >> >> Christopher Hallsworth >> >> On 07/04/2012 04:40, Pam Mathers wrote: >>> Hi. Yes the person you are doing facetime with must have an Iphone or an >>> Ipad. They have to be a mac user of some kind. >>> On Apr 6, 2012, at 10:03 PM, Maxwell Ivey wrote: >>> >>>> hello group; i was wondering if anyone has any experience with apple's >>>> FaceTime. it is installed on my new macbook pro. does the person you >>>> connect with have to be running the software too? do they have to be an >>>> iPhone user? just wondering if i should try it or just skip it and >>>> install Skype. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks, max >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
