FaceTime works right out of the box — no need to set up a special account or screen name. And using FaceTime is as easy as it gets. Let’s say you want to start a video call with your best friend. Just find her entry in your Contacts and tap the FaceTime button. Or maybe you’re already on a voice call with her and you want to switch to video. Just tap the FaceTime button on the Phone screen. Either way, an invitation pops up on her iPhone 4 screen asking if she wants to join you. When she accepts, the video call begins. It’s all perfectly seamless. And it works in both portrait and landscape modes.
via apple.com
This is going to change everything.I think this would be extremely helpful.
I'd love to make video calls with my parents, with friends all over the world.
Any phone can add a front facing camera, and any phone can add a Skype like application that does video phone calls.
The point is Apple makes it work without accounts?;)
FaceTime currently works over WiFi only, yet it must use the AT&T network to initiate the connection.
How else can my phone find and connect to my mom's phone a distance away, using only her phone number?
Thats where Apple intelligence pitches in..
Any other company would have made you sign up for something.
Apple focused on making the software great, and maybe even had to do some customised integration with AT&T. That's what will make it a break out feature, not just something for geeks.
The technical circle here appreciates Apple for making FaceTime an open standard. Skype sucks!