“Right now FaceTime only works iPhone 4/iPod touch to iPhone 4/iPod touch. However, since all Macs but the Mac mini and Mac Pro have built-in iSight cameras (though, obviously, webcams can be attached), it only makes sense to extend FaceTime to our favorite computing platform,” Sellers writes. “All Macs come with iChat, so it might make sense to merge iChat and FaceTime into one app.”
Sellers writes, “That should move lots of extra Macs. But Apple is offering FaceTime as an open standard, so the company is doubtless figuring Windows systems into the equation at some point in the future.”
Full article here.
“online scuttlebutt?”
wish the source was more reliable
“online scuttlebutt?”
wish the source was more reliable
This sounds like a bad idea – why put iChat into iLife? Some older systems which are perfectly capable of running iChat struggle with later versions of iLife. So just add FaceTime support to iChat.
And leave iDVD in iLife – it is heavily used by us and it would be a real bummer if it went away (not everyone has his personal T1 line)
This sounds like a bad idea – why put iChat into iLife? Some older systems which are perfectly capable of running iChat struggle with later versions of iLife. So just add FaceTime support to iChat.
And leave iDVD in iLife – it is heavily used by us and it would be a real bummer if it went away (not everyone has his personal T1 line)
My bet is that iDVD isn’t going away- it’s just being folded into iMovie. One less app- same function. Classic Apple.
My bet is that iDVD isn’t going away- it’s just being folded into iMovie. One less app- same function. Classic Apple.
I’m not buying it… literally and figuratively… no way that Apple puts FaceTime into a retail package. This will not be a service that you have to pay for.
I’m not buying it… literally and figuratively… no way that Apple puts FaceTime into a retail package. This will not be a service that you have to pay for.
I have an impression that iDVD will be folded into iMovie. Right now, no other consumer-oriented NLEs have DVD authoring separated from video editing (Premiere Elements, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle Studio, Ulead, Corel…). Higher-end solutions that need more features use independent (but well integrated) software packages for editing, authoring, effects, compression, etc. However, for consumers, it makes sense to consolidate the process into one single application. If that is the case, let us hope Steve finally agrees to allow AVCHD Disc authoring as well. All other software makers have long been offering such an option (over two years and two versions ago); Apple is the only stubborn one. I’m sure they genuinely believe everyone should upload their HD creations to YouTube and Vimeo. However, most of my kid’s classmates have Blu-ray at home, and none of them want to watch home videos on their computer. Not to mention that YouTube’s time limit of 15 minutes doesn’t allow any meaningful school event (Talent show, sports game, graduation ceremony) to fit.
Blu-ray is the only reasonable shareable HD medium today. And on a Mac, it now costs money to have the ability to do it. iLife comes with every Mac and is supposed to let us share images and video with others; it doesn’t quite do that in HD.
I have an impression that iDVD will be folded into iMovie. Right now, no other consumer-oriented NLEs have DVD authoring separated from video editing (Premiere Elements, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle Studio, Ulead, Corel…). Higher-end solutions that need more features use independent (but well integrated) software packages for editing, authoring, effects, compression, etc. However, for consumers, it makes sense to consolidate the process into one single application. If that is the case, let us hope Steve finally agrees to allow AVCHD Disc authoring as well. All other software makers have long been offering such an option (over two years and two versions ago); Apple is the only stubborn one. I’m sure they genuinely believe everyone should upload their HD creations to YouTube and Vimeo. However, most of my kid’s classmates have Blu-ray at home, and none of them want to watch home videos on their computer. Not to mention that YouTube’s time limit of 15 minutes doesn’t allow any meaningful school event (Talent show, sports game, graduation ceremony) to fit.
Blu-ray is the only reasonable shareable HD medium today. And on a Mac, it now costs money to have the ability to do it. iLife comes with every Mac and is supposed to let us share images and video with others; it doesn’t quite do that in HD.
As for iChat/FaceTime, I’m curious to see how this will go down. We currently have iChat, which runs on AOL’s AIM protocol; then we have FaceTime, which runs on Apple’s own protocol. To consolidate the two into one would mean abandoning one platform for the other, and leaving at least some users hanging. If Apple decided to abandon AIM, it would also abandon the ability to iChat (AV) with tens of millions AOL users out there. For Windows users, this was the only way to connect with iChat users (on Macs).
On the other hand, there is only one significant advantage of iChat over other similar offering (such as Skype), and that is multi-party video conferencing. However, even that only works among Mac (iChat) users, and AIM people can’t play. Otherwise, iChat is quite cumbersome to work with, since it requires too many open ports in order to be usable outside of ordinary home environment (there is no way I can convince my IT security chief to open 50 different ports and port ranges, just so that I can use iChat to do AV conferencing).
So, if AIM is about to be FaceTime-d, there will surely need to be some transitional period between AIM and FaceTime protocols, until everyone has smoothly transitioned over.
One thing is certain: iLife has been overdue for a refresh for quite some time now.
As for iChat/FaceTime, I’m curious to see how this will go down. We currently have iChat, which runs on AOL’s AIM protocol; then we have FaceTime, which runs on Apple’s own protocol. To consolidate the two into one would mean abandoning one platform for the other, and leaving at least some users hanging. If Apple decided to abandon AIM, it would also abandon the ability to iChat (AV) with tens of millions AOL users out there. For Windows users, this was the only way to connect with iChat users (on Macs).
On the other hand, there is only one significant advantage of iChat over other similar offering (such as Skype), and that is multi-party video conferencing. However, even that only works among Mac (iChat) users, and AIM people can’t play. Otherwise, iChat is quite cumbersome to work with, since it requires too many open ports in order to be usable outside of ordinary home environment (there is no way I can convince my IT security chief to open 50 different ports and port ranges, just so that I can use iChat to do AV conferencing).
So, if AIM is about to be FaceTime-d, there will surely need to be some transitional period between AIM and FaceTime protocols, until everyone has smoothly transitioned over.
One thing is certain: iLife has been overdue for a refresh for quite some time now.
I’ll put money on FaceTime becoming THE mother of all killer Apps…
I’ll put money on FaceTime becoming THE mother of all killer Apps…
No Pedrag.. it supports Jabber and thus Google Voice too. I have no contacts on AOL but all using Gmail accounts…
No Pedrag.. it supports Jabber and thus Google Voice too. I have no contacts on AOL but all using Gmail accounts…
@Macanatic
iTunes is part of iLife, but also available as a free download.
@Macanatic
iTunes is part of iLife, but also available as a free download.
iLife 11 coming when ?? August, then September, ….
iLife 11 coming when ?? August, then September, ….
It only makes sense in the Apple Ecosystem. Yahoo Messenger already allows Phone to computer video chat. It was just a matter of time for Apple to allow this also.
It only makes sense in the Apple Ecosystem. Yahoo Messenger already allows Phone to computer video chat. It was just a matter of time for Apple to allow this also.
maybe someone can help me? facetime is said to be industry standard but is apple going to give it for free? or they are going to charge royalities ( as nokia charge for its 3G industry standard)?
if apple is going to give facetime for free – why other vendors has yet to implement it?
maybe someone can help me? facetime is said to be industry standard but is apple going to give it for free? or they are going to charge royalities ( as nokia charge for its 3G industry standard)?
if apple is going to give facetime for free – why other vendors has yet to implement it?
Sometimes you hear a term commonly used, and you wonder, I’d like to know the etymology of the term “scuttlebutt”. Obviously something to do with a barrel of water on a ship, as that is what a “butt” is on a ship.
Okay, I looked:
Water for immediate consumption on a sailing ship was conventionally stored in a scuttled butt: A butt (cask) which had been scuttled by making a hole in it so the water could be withdrawn. Since sailors exchanged gossip when they gathered at the scuttlebutt for a drink of water, scuttlebutt became Navy slang for gossip or rumours.[2]
Apparently, it’s the same as trading office gossip over the water cooler. But “scuttlebutt” sounds so much better.