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FaceTime Beta installation and first test

this a rather exciting feature, so i decided to do a test run on my iPhone 4 and iMac. downloaded FaceTime Beta yesterday and installed it. those whose still have yet to update your iPhone 4 to iOS 4.1, you may want to do so. i was on iOS 4.0 previously and FaceTime on Mac prompted me that ‘FaceTime on iPhone needs to be updated’. so i suggest you do so too. anyhow, download (14.1MB) and installation was very zippy. ok, i got no one to call this morning when i did the test, so i was calling myself on my iPhone. strange as it was, but hey, it was a test and i’m not digging into call quality anyway. 2 simple calls were made: from Mac to iPhone and iPhone to Mac. if you haven’t update your iPhone 4 to Mac, you won’t be able to call from your iPhone 4 to Mac either.

the standard installation process...
completion of installation...
part of the set-up process: sign up or log-in with your existing Apple ID to associate the Mac with FaceTime
first call - iMac calls iPhone. ok, this was me calling myself, but it works anyhow
the second call was from iPhone to iMac.
(left) is the call view on iPhone. (right) is the address book on iPhone. note the new 'FaceTime' button
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