Skype has always been a personal favorite when it comes to voice and video calls.

Sometime back, Skype was criticized for being a slow and unresponsive app for the i Phone and i Pad but overtime, things have changed drastically.

Alternatively, you may: Please note, you’d better not shake your phone too much while video chat or the image will be blurred.

And don’t forget that i Phone uses the upper microphone for video calls so if you continue to speak in a lower one, your friend will barely hear you.

That means that your Face Time buddy must have an i Phone 4 with Face Time activated.

Face Time is opened to developers so it is very likely that some applications like Skype will use Face Time in their apps, thus allowing you to Face Time from an i Phone 4 to a desktop computer.

I suggest you reboot your i Phone after turning Face Time on.

i Phone 4 to i Phone 4 only Face Time is only i Phone 4 to i Phone 4 for the time being.

Recently, they added texting feature – like Whatsapp or i Message – but the core concept of the app, the video calls, is intact and wonderful.

Facetime is a video calling application that comes together with i Phone, i Pad, i Pod Touch and Mac OS Lion and higher.

Unlike Skype that works over both 3G and Wi-Fi networks and on almost all platforms, Face Time requires a fast Wi-Fi connection and only works on Apple devices.

Let’s learn how to use Face Time on your Apple device.

First thing you should to start using Face Time is to activate it on your i Phone, i Pad, i Pod or Mac.