FaceTime Not iChat
Why the change Apple?
It’s still day one of the WWDC and after an iPhone 4 focused keynote, there are still many questions left unanswered. For one, why the name change to FaceTime and not iChat?
To use FaceTime, you must be on Wifi, and that’s solely due to AT&T who’s already been crying about bandwidth. In fact, I had already lost a bet that the reason AT&T raised their rates based on data usage was due to the impending video chat functionality on iPhone 4. I was apparently wrong…
We understand that the technology will be made as an open standard so other devices can chime in on the call. I wonder how long before we can chat back and forth via our Macs. But wait isn’t that iChat? I’m so confused…
The good news is that this is simple to use (according to Jobs), and can use either of the two cameras on the iPhone 4. So you can chat (um, have FaceTime) with a friend and also see your face in a small window onscreen, or tap the screen to utilize the camera on the rear of the iPhone to walk through your home, etc. Cool stuff and I can’t wait to try it out. Of course for now, only iPhone 4 to iPhone 4 calls can chat (FaceTime!) until the standard spreads. Perhaps the new iPod Touch? The new iPad 2?
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