For decades, simple high resolution video calling in the palm of your hand has been the stuff of the future, the science fiction future. FaceTime for the iPhone 4 not only brings the future to you, but provides you with an innovative and incredibly simple method of communicating with friends, family, and even business associates.
How It Works
The iPhone 4 has been designed two contain two built-in, easy to use, cameras. With a camera on the front of the device, above the display screen, and a camera on the back of the device right next to the built-in LED flash, video calling has never been more intuitive.
With the iPhone 4’s arriving with FaceTime already installed and ready to launch, there is no need for users to take extra steps to set it up or even create an account to use it. FaceTime is a fully integrated video call feature that will allow iPhone 4 users to interact with each other in a whole new way.
Apple is calling FaceTime for the iPhone 4 “one-tap simple.” This phrase indicates that all it will take to engage a caller in a face-to-face call is a single tap on the display. From initiating a video call with a family member to switching from voice to video in the middle of a phone call, this seamless feature is certain to be a hit amongst iPhone 4 users.
Initial releases of the iPhone 4 FaceTime application will only allow users with the iPhone 4 to interact with each other via the video call feature. However, plans are underway to allow other manufacturers the ability to have their handsets interact with this revolutionary iPhone app.
Unlike prior video call products and services, FaceTime is one that will efficiently and rapidly integrate its way into our lives; simply because of its ease of use and the networks of peer groups who will be utilizing it.
The Future
In a bold new leap, Apple has made FaceTime an open application which means that they are willing to work with other device makers, and service providers, to ultimately integrate FaceTime into other competing devices to further expand its user base. While several phone makers, and service providers, already offer video calling features to their users there is little to no crossover between products and services allowed. Skype offers affordable and user-friendly options for its users; if Skype were to make their products compatible with FaceTime they would essentially be placing their products in the hands of every iPhone 4 user. On the flip side of that, every iPhone 4 user would have the ability to contact any Skype user with “one tap.”
This partnership alone would be launching worldwide communication into an entirely new and exciting direction.
The introduction of FaceTime for the iPhone 4 is a brand new start in the communications world; brand and product awareness alone will help to launch FaceTime into the spotlight. Once iPhone 4 users begin using the application to communicate, its popularity is certain to expand exponentially.
As Apple ultimately works towards its goal of integrating FaceTime into its own product line, communication will be taken into an entirely new direction. FaceTime on the iPad? FaceTime on the iPod Touch? The options are only limited by Apple’s innovations and advances in technology.