Re: [Fed-Talk] Face Time tech specs
Re: [Fed-Talk] Face Time tech specs
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Face Time tech specs
- From: "Pike, Michael (IHS/HQ)" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:46:21 -0400
- Acceptlanguage: en-US
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] Face Time tech specs
I've written a rather (in)famous app that uses FaceTime... There are no
spec sheets that I know of, but I can share with you what I know from the
development.
In regards to Mac > iPhone and email... FaceTime on an iphone is tied to
the device's phone number. Your phone signs into a FaceTime server which
identifies you as available, and a network connection is established with
the phone after a check to see if it is active online. There is no email
associated with an iPhone FaceTime ID.... Just a phone number.
In that respect, if you look at an iPod touch - it logs in to the FaceTime
network by an Apple ID (email address). It registers the device
information (IP address, availability, etc) - but cannot be tied to a
phone number.
The FaceTime Mac client is just like an iPod touch - it can link to a
phone number or an email, but if the person you are trying to facetime
with is on an iPhone they have no email associated with it, so you must
use a number. If they are on an iPod touch, the email address must be
associated.
Nutshell - iPhone will not do inbound FaceTime with an email address -
only a phone number. iPod touch/Mac cannot have inbound phone numbers for
obvious reasons, but will allow inbound from a phone number.
If you are switching SIMS, your number should be changing. If you want to
facetime, let the person you are trying to facetime chat with know the
phone number you are using for that sim, and they can facetime to you. Or
in the alternate, you make the outbound facetime from your phone to that
person.
Hope that helps... I have nothing from Apple to back this up, just what
I've found with the application I've developed.
Mike
On 10/25/10 10:09 AM, "Mark" <email@hidden> wrote:
>Does anyone have documentation or links that discuss in detail how
>FaceTime works? When using it with a Mac and iphone combo, the iphone
>user can use the Mac user's email address to start the call but the Mac
>user can only use the iphone user's phone number. This is just observed
>behavior. I would like to read more about what is going on. This behavior
>was the same even with the SIM card removed from the phone. I'm guessing
>the cell number is tied to the AppleID when activated. I change sims alot
>as I travel from country to country. PayG is my friend.
>
>Communication was between a non-jailbroken unlocked UK iphone4 in the UK
>and a Macbook Pro in the US. Video quality was good. Limited
>functionality until able to be used on 3G.
>
>Cheers
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