FaceTime, it's a wonderful technology, but it's oh-so-rarely used due to the hectic process of hunting down a particular individual from your contacts list and initiate a FaceTime call with them. When was the last time you declined to use it for that matter? Exactly.
Ever been in such an embarrassing social situation that you'd be willing to do anything to get out of it? How about faking an incoming phone call? If you own an iPhone, you can get Fake-A-Call, a new app that lets you fake incoming calls (including FaceTime calls) and hopefully get away with it.
Apple is now airing two new iPhone 4 commercials as part of the "If you don't have an iPhone..." series, which shows off iPhone features that aren't, according to Apple, available on any other device. The two new ads feature two well-known technologies: FaceTime and AirPlay.
With a software-only WWDC behind us, rumors of next-generation iPhone hardware are back at full speed. According to a credible source, the next iPhone has reached final testing stages, which suggests that a release might be imminent.
Disturbing reports come out of the Apple Discussion forums point to some odd goings on courtesy of Apple's FaceTime equipped iPhone 4. According to reports, the camera may be taking photos of us without our knowledge.
The final version 1.0 of FaceTime for Mac is now available on the Mac App Store. It also supports HD video calls on the new supported Intel Macs.
We have already covered numerous reports in the past regarding front-facing camera for FaceTime calls on the yet to be announced next-gen iPad 2. And now, citing their friends with iPad 2 screen protector inventory as source, 9to5Mac claims to have got images of the screen protector which seems to have been designed for the iPad 2.
It seems getting FaceTime to work on the current iPad is all the rage these days, but up until now it's not been the easiest thing to do. But now thanks to iFacePad, the whole process is down to just a few downloads and a couple of mouse-clicks. You'll be chatting in no-time!
FaceTime for iPad is probably one of the most missed features by the iPhone/iPod users. It certainly would have been a better experience if the iPad offered a front-facing camera and FaceTime. That because of the user-experience that the 10" screen provides over the the iPhone's 3.5".
Steve Ballmer did not announce much about upcoming Windows Phone 7 updates at CES this year, except for demoing cut-copy-paste. However, according to Neowin.net, a key Windows Phone 7 employee has revealed some information to them on where the platform was heading. One of the features that were discussed was that Microsoft was working on a FaceTime competitor for Windows Phone 7.