Apple today announced the public beta of FaceTime for Mac, an entirely new application that allows Mac users to video call iPhone 4 and iPod touch users as well as other Macs. Featuring an easy to use interface, FaceTime for Mac automatically uses your Address Book contacts so theres no need to create special buddy lists, and it works seamlessly with the built-in camera and mic on Mac notebooks, iMac and Apple LED Cinema Displays.
"FaceTime makes video calling to or from mobile devices easy for the first time," said Steve Jobs, Apples CEO. "We've sold more than 19 million FaceTime-ready iPhone 4 and iPod touch devices in the past four months, and now those users can make FaceTime calls with tens of millions of Mac users."
FaceTime for Mac requires Mac OS X Snow Leopard and is easy to set up with an Apple ID. The public beta is available immediately as a free download at www.apple.com/mac/facetime.
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anybody got it working? when i try to call my friend's iphone 4 it just rings and after that it says call failed and when i ask my friend and if his phone rang and it didn't , same thing happens when he tries to call me
Works fine, I have called my iPhone and also called my Mac from my iPhone. Remember if you are calling an iPhone you need to select the number not email address
reinstalled and calling to iphone works but when my friend tries to call me to mac from iphone he says it keeps ringing and nothing happens on my mac side
Remember if your friend isn't jailbroken or doesn't have either My3G or 3GUnrestrictor facetime only works on wifi. Did your friend have wifi when you tested it. Mine works fine. Tested with my iPhone 4 jailbroken and my iMac. FYI 3GUnrestrictor works fine with it also.
The download for face time is at the bottom. That happened to me too. Its mislabeled on the site. There is another download button at the bottom of the page.