“Don’t underestimate FaceTime, Reitzes said in a note to clients today that suggests we’re at the beginnings of a FaceTime networking effect that will goose sales across many of Apple’s product lines, particularly if Apple adds support for the video conferencing feature to iPads and Macs, which seems likely,” Paczkowsk reports.
Paczkowsk reports, “Reitzes figures Apple will have sold some 63 million FaceTime devices by the end of fiscal 2011–40 million FaceTime-compatible iPhones, 15 million FaceTime-compatible iPods, and 8 million FaceTime-compatible iPads. And he says that number will more than double the following year.”
Full article here.
Oops, facetime compatible!
As an elementary-age school kid in the mid-’60s, our class took a field trip to Chicago’s venerable Museum of Science and Industry. There was an exhibit sponsored by Bell Telephone that demonstrated the video phone of the future called the “PicturePhone”. – I was amazed.
The service actually went live in NYC in July 1970. One year later, only 16 PicturePhones had been installed and 8 disconnected. Of those, only 12 were even able to dial outside the building, the others were merely being used for in-house intercoms. Needles to say, they pulled the plug on the PicturePhone, which faded into novel obscurity..
Forty years later, July 2010, Apple introduces iPhone 4 with FaceTime. Maybe this time around, the ‘video-phone’ will be a success because we have a few more than just 16 phones out there.
“Hello, this is the future calling again.. Will you answer this time?”
.:.
As an elementary-age school kid in the mid-’60s, our class took a field trip to Chicago’s venerable Museum of Science and Industry. There was an exhibit sponsored by Bell Telephone that demonstrated the video phone of the future called the “PicturePhone”. – I was amazed.
The service actually went live in NYC in July 1970. One year later, only 16 PicturePhones had been installed and 8 disconnected. Of those, only 12 were even able to dial outside the building, the others were merely being used for in-house intercoms. Needles to say, they pulled the plug on the PicturePhone, which faded into novel obscurity..
Forty years later, July 2010, Apple introduces iPhone 4 with FaceTime. Maybe this time around, the ‘video-phone’ will be a success because we have a few more than just 16 phones out there.
“Hello, this is the future calling again.. Will you answer this time?”
.:.
@ crabapple
“It’s like bacon through a duck” — Scott Turner
@ crabapple
“It’s like bacon through a duck” — Scott Turner
USB iSight + AppleTV = $600 Cisco video teleconference for the stupid/rich system.
USB iSight + AppleTV = $600 Cisco video teleconference for the stupid/rich system.
SIPGrinder – So your not already using Skype?
Dijonaise – Your sociopathy aside, see above.
SIPGrinder – So your not already using Skype?
Dijonaise – Your sociopathy aside, see above.
@ ChrissyOne
you might be right but I just reread that article and it already changed with even more details so who knows, now talking about airplay for mac?
@ ChrissyOne
you might be right but I just reread that article and it already changed with even more details so who knows, now talking about airplay for mac?
I’m betting over 10 million iPads were already sold, we’ll see soon
I’m betting over 10 million iPads were already sold, we’ll see soon
@Sarasota, nice to meet you. I am a military spouse with one child across the country at college and another off next year. My family is also all across the country. I don’t see any of them on a regular basis and my husband is gone regularily. I have more reason than not to use facetime. I am waiting for the facetime capable ipad to purchase. This is a killer app in my book
@Sarasota, nice to meet you. I am a military spouse with one child across the country at college and another off next year. My family is also all across the country. I don’t see any of them on a regular basis and my husband is gone regularily. I have more reason than not to use facetime. I am waiting for the facetime capable ipad to purchase. This is a killer app in my book
Apple should buy Skype before Google or Microsoft does.
Apple should buy Skype before Google or Microsoft does.
Wasn’t Skype bought by eBay? Anywhooo, Skype uses a proprietary, non-standard codec. It’s not compatible with the SIP standard. I doubt Apple would buy it, but someone else might. I thought eBay had Skype up for sale.
Wasn’t Skype bought by eBay? Anywhooo, Skype uses a proprietary, non-standard codec. It’s not compatible with the SIP standard. I doubt Apple would buy it, but someone else might. I thought eBay had Skype up for sale.
Skype has been sold by or separated from eBay already.
“In October of the same year, eBay purchased Skype[31] and in fall of 2009 sold a majority stake to an investor group.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype
http://www.ebayinc.com/content/press_release/20091119006361
Skype has been sold by or separated from eBay already.
“In October of the same year, eBay purchased Skype[31] and in fall of 2009 sold a majority stake to an investor group.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype
http://www.ebayinc.com/content/press_release/20091119006361
@ chabig
“Although I agree with Raitzes’ conclusion, his assertion that Apple will have only sold 8 million iPads by Sep 30, 2011 is laughable. They’ve probably sold that many already!”
Not with FaceTIme. You need a camera.
Best you reread the article.
@ chabig
“Although I agree with Raitzes’ conclusion, his assertion that Apple will have only sold 8 million iPads by Sep 30, 2011 is laughable. They’ve probably sold that many already!”
Not with FaceTIme. You need a camera.
Best you reread the article.
@Hm… Your answer invokes more questions.
Bacon through a duck?
Ducks eat pigs??
What has that to do with Geese & sales???
@Hm… Your answer invokes more questions.
Bacon through a duck?
Ducks eat pigs??
What has that to do with Geese & sales???