Iphone and Facetime.

David.

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Mixed Farmer

Location

J11 M40

• Dec 22, 2014

• #1

Have a daughter in Oz and it is nice to Facetime. Old Iphone has v.small screen and has been suggested Ipad would be much better.
Tesco do Hudl for less than half the money, and according to Gadget Show on telly it is the pick of the budget tablets.
Question is Facetime only supported by Apple products, or is there another way?
Thanks.

 

JP1

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Livestock Farmer

Location

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

• Dec 22, 2014

• #2

David. said:

Have a daughter in Oz and it is nice to Facetime. Old Iphone has v.small screen and has been suggested Ipad would be much better.
Tesco do Hudl for less than half the money, and according to Gadget Show on telly it is the pick of the budget tablets.
Question is Facetime only supported by Apple products, or is there another way?
Thanks.

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No expert but I believe so. You could do Skype with any internet browser device.............?

 

B&B Pig Man

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Trade

Location

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

• Dec 22, 2014

• #3

David. said:

Have a daughter in Oz and it is nice to Facetime. Old Iphone has v.small screen and has been suggested Ipad would be much better.
Tesco do Hudl for less than half the money, and according to Gadget Show on telly it is the pick of the budget tablets.
Question is Facetime only supported by Apple products, or is there another way?
Thanks.

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As JP says above - Skype will work on other devices.

 

Notquiteretired

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Location

West Lothian

• Dec 22, 2014

• #4

Skype is the way to go as it works on all platforms/devices - just need a webcam built in (can get external if needed) and mic/speakers and you're good to go. If it's one to one I recommend headphones for a better quality chat and less echo/feedback.

 

Komatsu

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Location

Thurso caithness

• Dec 22, 2014

• #5

Hudl works perfect with Skype my two 5 year olds Skype their friend who has moved away to Cornwall, Oh said it wasn't bad to set up either

 

Notquiteretired

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Location

West Lothian

• Dec 22, 2014

• #6

Komatsu said:

Hudl works perfect with Skype my two 5 year olds Skype their friend who has moved away to Cornwall, Oh said it wasn't bad to set up either

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It's funny the way kids apply technology themselves so quickly - my son has even watches DVDs over Skype with his best mate and his family that emigrated!

 

David.

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Mixed Farmer

Location

J11 M40

• Dec 22, 2014

• #7

Thanks all.
Broadband is ropey where she is and Skype much worse than Facetime so looks like Apple it will have to stay.

 

milkloss

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Livestock Farmer

Location

East Sussex

• Dec 23, 2014

• #8

Doesn't FaceTime work over broadband the same as Skype?

 

Notquiteretired

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Location

West Lothian

• Dec 23, 2014

• #9

milkloss said:

Doesn't FaceTime work over broadband the same as Skype?

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?different compression algorithm?

 

Tristan

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Location

Kilworth, Ireland

• Jan 1, 2015

• #10

milkloss said:

Doesn't FaceTime work over broadband the same as Skype?

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FaceTime also works over 3G/4G on apple I you have IP4s and above.

Tristan

 

combineguy

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Location

New Zealand

• Jan 2, 2015

• #11

Hi

If you don't need visual then viber is really good

 

combineguy

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Location

New Zealand

• Jan 2, 2015

• #12

Yes FaceTime and imessage are just apple based programmes

 

combineguy

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Location

New Zealand

• Jan 2, 2015

• #13

It is just so easy to communicate these days, some of our guys communicate via snapchat