Facetime question

[ponyo]

Is Facetime like skype video calling? Can you use it to see and talk to people internationally or is it just within US?

 

[TheStu]

It works with anyone with an iPod Touch 4th Gen or iPhone 4, on WiFi. I don't think that international boundaries matter.

I don't know anyone overseas with an iPhone 4, so I can't borrow my roommates phone to check.

 

[ponyo]

If I can get confirmation it works, I'm going to order bunch of iPod touch and send it to friends and family overseas. It would be awesome to use it like a video phone around the house without having to sit front of a computer with a camera.

 

[TheStu]

I guess that they are a little cheaper than netbooks with webcams.

 

[gsethi]

If I can get confirmation it works, I'm going to order bunch of iPod touch and send it to friends and family overseas. It would be awesome to use it like a video phone around the house without having to sit front of a computer with a camera.

It works internationally.
I am in US on AT&T iPhone 4. My wife (gave her AT&T iphone 4 - jailbroken and unlocked it) is in Canada.

We are using facetime. All she had to do was update her carrier settings using itunes in Canada on iPhone 4 to activate facetime.

With new itouch, it should just work over wifi.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Yeah. I think the new Facetime calling is via e-Mail address or something?

 

[gsethi]

Yeah. I think the new Facetime calling is via e-Mail address or something?

i believe it activates by SMS or MMS on iphone currently (ios 4/4.0.1/4.0.2). IIRC, apple servers associate each iphone4 with their phone numbers.

With ios 4.1 scheduled to release next week (should be pre-installed on all new ipod touch), it is probably switching to email addresses (or maybe mac address logging) ?

 

[fr]

I wonder how it will work with iPod touch.

 

[mcmilljb]

I just wish they would add facetime to ichat or directly to osx. That would be nice.

 

[Narse]

I just wish they would add facetime to ichat or directly to osx. That would be nice.

I agree