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FaceTime shows Apple’s network future

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“FaceTime lets you call other FaceTime users for free. All you need is for them to be on a compatible device and in your contacts book,” Evans explains. “No set-up is required to use FaceTime as it only requires a person’s phone number. One can switch from a regular phone call to a FaceTime call by tapping the FaceTime button on the call screen.”

“Jobs intends introducing FaceTime deals with the carriers next year. Jobs has also previously said Apple intends releasing its video-calling technology as a standard. This means it is only a question of time until we see the debut of: FaceTime for Android mobiles… Windows… Nokia… [and] BlackBerry.”

“With a double-dip recession almost sure to grip us in its grasp, I can’t help but think FaceTime will become exceedingly popular exceedingly fast. We’ll migrate to using it instead of making conventional calls,” Evans writes. “Next year when we get the chance to make these calls using 3G, we’ll see another surge in FaceTime use.”

Evans writes, “Ultimately the carrier networks will wake up to discover they have become nothing more than mobile ISP’s charged with keeping the network alive.”

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