Comments on: It’s great that AT&T opened FaceTime up but when will Apple?

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:43:15 +0000

I think The meant they would opensource the technology and the algorythms not the program.

By: coder543

coder543 — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:17:03 +0000

This time a thousand. I have never forgotten the promise they made to open this up.

By: Dan Villiom Podlaski Christiansen

Dan Villiom Podlaski Christiansen — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:39:12 +0000

Of course; the answer to any problem with any standard is always to create another one…

http://xkcd.com/927/

By: hundoman

hundoman — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:28:54 +0000

Without any ability to communicate with vendor agnostic H.323 endpoints or dial into cloud hosted video bridges or even corporate on premise video bridges Apple FaceTime is just the consumer junk like all Apple product is moving towards. Apple dropped the Computer from its name a long time ago for this very reason.

They don’t make computers they just make gadgets.

By: Abi Mendez

Abi Mendez — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:48:01 +0000

LOL!! How i missed that.. And you are correct about “what everybody else’s use”, but someone has to make the change, and if you think about it it would make more sense if you have an option that runs on multiple platforms then the one that only runs on a single one. I guess since we are a little more involve with technology is easier for us to adapt to the ones that aren’t. Sorry i wasn’t trying to troll… Cheers!!

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:33:46 +0000

Abi, I noted in my post that I do use Google Talk. ;) But the issue isn’t just what *I* use; it’s what *others* use, no?

By: Abi Mendez

Abi Mendez — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:31:10 +0000

Maybe you should try other alternatives and stop depending on one solution. I have been using GTALK for at least 3 years over cellular network, and i know there are plenty of other options. Cheers!

By: Jose Gabriel Marcelino

Jose Gabriel Marcelino — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:16:39 +0000

No thanks. I get enough spam via open SMS. Last thing Apple should do is open FaceTime to others outside their control.

Is it that different from what BBM has successfully done for so many years?

By: Trent Johnsen

Trent Johnsen — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:43:29 +0000

You’re absolutely right Kevin & we’re not waiting for Apple. Hookflash has open sourced Open Peer, so anyone can integrate Facetime functionality (including IM). http://openpeer.org/. The reference client, Hookflash for iPad demonstrates the use of social as directory, in this case LinkedIn. Facetime, along with Skype & Google have maintained a “subscriber” based view of the world where we have to sign up. Your friends and peers are in your social directories, Open Peer will connect you there.

By: John R. Kirk

John R. Kirk — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:07:02 +0000

Apple just got hit with a $368 million dollar patent infringement verdict on technology contained in FaceTime. If Apple doesn’t own the technology, they can’t open source it.