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That sounds like FaceTime will be useful for avoiding long distance charges etc and having real time conversations, (with video!), in situations where cellular won't work. And a lot of fun too!

As always, thank you Bill :)

--- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, Bill Boulware <bill.boulware@...> wrote:
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> Yes on all questions - they demoed Facetime as having ot be in a call first,
> but you don't - you can select a contact from address book and click
> "FaceTime" and it initiates. You can also set a favorite on the Phone app
> and have it default to a facetime call. Also, if you press the Home button
> during FaceTime the voice part of the connection continues just like a
> regular phone call so it is actually a work around to having VoIP on iPhone
> 4 to iPhone 4 on Wifi, in the US it wouldn't matter as they would be mobile
> to mobile anyway but it works internationally as well. FaceTime from what I
> have tested works on just about any basic broadband connection, I have had
> FT calls from people in flight using the airline WiFi, others in Starbucks,
> Mcdonalds, etc just as tests - it is a pretty solid network and protocol - I
> can't wait to see what others do with the 'open standard'...
>
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 09:51, inphasefive <skirbyiphone@...> wrote:
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> > So, if I understand correctly, FaceTime works over the Internet, not over
> > the cellular network.
> >
> > So, at my cottage, I have WiFi access but no cellular service. Can I still
> > initiate a FaceTime call? Can I receive a FaceTime call invitation?
> >
> > Is FaceTime entirely VOIP? Does that mean there will not be any long
> > distance or roaming charges on a FaceTime call? Does FaceTime work in
> > Airplane Mode with WiFi turned on?
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
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