Is there anyway to directly connect to my daughters Ipod touch via her Facetime app using my Andriod Phone? She is only 8 and two of her friends have Ipods now and they are already linked up via Facetime (in under a DAY!!!). I would like for her to be able to contact me via it but I use a Samsung Galaxy S under Andriod and I cannot see any apps that directly connect via Facetime.
I can see there are alternatives like Frang etc, but I would rather my daughter had one app for contacts to keep it simple and easy for her to use.
Can someone tell me if this is possible please.
Thanks
Max
Facetime is a application from Apple, if a software company wanted to they could by License to allow the service to work. But from my understanding there has yet to happen for the android platform.
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Why launch Facetime for android if they can convert android users to the iPhone?
They'll never license it to third parties.
Okay, worth an ask as I had no idea about this.
I certainly won't get an Apple product as I think they all suck, my daughter only got an IPod cause she banged on about it and she is not getting a phone yet (so she will not get something decent running Android).
I was hoping there was a way in the same way that Trillian allowed connections between MSN/AOL/Yahoo etc on the PC. But obviously not. I may have to resort to another app for her Ipod then to connect to me and her mum in case she needs too. Annoying but hey ho.
Thanks all the same
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Tango has updated to support the new ipod touch. So you can video chat between ipod touch and android device using tango, just not facetime.
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Fring is another application that allows aol,msn,yahoo and video chat between android and apple os
You can't with face time. However, you can install Fring on your phone AND on their iPods
AdrianK said:
Why launch Facetime for android if they can convert android users to the iPhone?
They'll never license it to third parties.
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They'll never succeed.
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I am looking for an android device that is comparable to the Ipod Touch. I have read of some that "may" come out, but want to know if there are any out there now.
I just want , basically, a droid phone that does not work as a phone and works with Wifi instead.
What is available and where can I find it?
Any help is much appreciated.
I know that "buy an Itouch then..." would be the first response, but like many others, I will not buy into the whole Apple/Ipod idea...
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Samsung makes a "media player" based off of their successful Galaxy line...
It's the Galaxy player (or something like that....)
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That is exactly what I was looking for! I am going to check out the Galaxy Player 4.0! I it only has 8 gig but add a 32 gig sd card and it is well equipped!
Thank you.
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As more and more applications and uses become available for our mobile devices, im curious to know If there is anyone who has fully made the transition from the traditional computing setup entirely to a mobile one?
Personally I feel as if I'm almost there. The last few months I find myself nearly never using my windows PC at all for anything besides the occasional data transfer from drives. But Last week I purchased a micro USB male to USB 2.0 female adapter to use a mouse & flash/hard drives on my galaxy note. This nearly has rendered my PC useless. At this point I can only think of using it for the occasional PC game. Being that my galaxy note has the exact same resolution as my laptop, even watching the occasional movie on it seems useless. One would argue that office emulation solutions on mobile devices aren't quite there yet, but for my use, I'm pretty content with what's available. The only thing that has completely kept me going back to my PC is to access one of my harddrives that is formatted in ntfs, and (for now) modding. Once I find a solution for that drive to be read on my note, then I will probably sell the thing.
So is there anyone else that is either in the process of or already made the transition from their PC to their mobile device?
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not untill windows 8
I will only replace my PC when Windows 8 tablets come out, they're the only handheld devices worth of replacing a PC, i mean Windows Explorer on a tablet? and the metro UI? that's a lethal combination.
i stopped using laptops since 3 years ago, since the birth of 1ghz android phones
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I will only replace my PC when Windows 8 tablets come out, they're the only handheld devices worth of replacing a PC, i mean Windows Explorer on a tablet? and the metro UI? that's a lethal combination.
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Im interested in windows 8 tablets. But even seeing what has been demonstrated, Im not convinced if it will be marginally better than other mobile offerings. I mean yeah those core windows applications are there, driver support, ect. but Idk If that's enough to win me over personally. I have nothing agasint windows but it doesn't seem so compelling to me to get one just for windows explorer. Just really a file manager. Im more compelled towards PC gaming intergration if anything. And slowly it seems those titles are being embraced by other platforms anyway.
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I pretty much only use my desktop for gaming. I can even pay my bills with the phone now with a app, so I have really no reason to use my PC for anything else. I always watch movies on my 42" through my PS3 anyway.
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Desktop replaced by a mobile phone?
That sound ridiculous. Considering how much I invested into my desktop, I'll be damned if it was to be replaced by a phone.
A Netbook, Yea I can see my phone replacing it. But seeing as how my Netbook battery last longer than my phone, It could become quite handy when I'm traveling.
But, Nope my phone hasn't replaced anything for me.
I definitely have not replaced my desktop. I need my virtual machines and games
What I have replaced for the most part is my laptop which I now use my phone for.
Most people use their computers for simple things, like browsing the web, listening to music, watching videos, storing pictures, etc. For those people, yeah, they could replace their PCs with Android devices.
However, there are those of us who do stuff like programming, hardcore gaming (Let's see even an iPad 3's quad core gpu play Crysis...I'll bet it can't) or otherwise use applications that Android cannot recreate. For those people, I doubt handheld devices will ever a real solution and PCs will still be around for a long, long time.
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Desktop replaced by a mobile phone?
That sound ridiculous. Considering how much I invested into my desktop, I'll be damned if it was to be replaced by a phone.
A Netbook, Yea I can see my phone replacing it. But seeing as how my Netbook battery last longer than my phone, It could become quite handy when I'm traveling.
But, Nope my phone hasn't replaced anything for me.
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I know a couple of people who can get away with that. If you're just checking e-mails and facebook, you can accomplish that on the phone.
I don't see replacing my desktop going anywhere for a long time. Even if there was enough power in a portable machine it's still going to be docked so I can wired devices.
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LogisticsXLS said:
Desktop replaced by a mobile phone?
That sound ridiculous. Considering how much I invested into my desktop, I'll be damned if it was to be replaced by a phone.
A Netbook, Yea I can see my phone replacing it. But seeing as how my Netbook battery last longer than my phone, It could become quite handy when I'm traveling.
But, Nope my phone hasn't replaced anything for me.
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well certainly it varies dependant on the device you use of course.
Xenosion said:
I definitely have not replaced my desktop. I need my virtual machines and games
What I have replaced for the most part is my laptop which I now use my phone for.
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PoorCollegeGuy said:
Most people use their computers for simple things, like browsing the web, listening to music, watching videos, storing pictures, etc. For those people, yeah, they could replace their PCs with Android devices.
However, there are those of us who do stuff like programming, hardcore gaming (Let's see even an iPad 3's quad core gpu play Crysis...I'll bet it can't) or otherwise use applications that Android cannot recreate. For those people, I doubt handheld devices will ever a real solution and PCs will still be around for a long, long time.
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I certainly do my fair share of "hardcore" gaming on my PC. That being said though, my PC has essentially become another platform if you will (I.e. ps3, Xbox) to me. And like those platforms, having them arent really a necessity to me. Also, I don't think its fair to say lack of gpu power rules out a devices gaming potential. I still have a gamecube that I use and take to ssbm tournaments. A game is only as hardcore as the user playing it.
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I have almost completely replaced my desktop in daily use. And the need for a laptop is not there anymore after getting a galaxy tab 10.1
Combined with my galaxy SII, it takes care of all my needs.
The only thing I'm still running on the 3 desktop computers in my house is a combined fileserver/squeezeserver/downloader machine.
It's placed in the attic, and my Android devices are great for remote control over it.
My basement/home theater machine is used for watching movies/tv shows, and android devices controls all functions of the media center.
The last desktop is only in use for when we listen to music, squeezeplay controlled by androids.
The only thing I'm missing is a way to control my poker league software via Android.
I'm using Dr. Neau's software, and have not found a way to run it on Android.
It display stats on two computers (multi table poker league), and I'd love to find a way to control it via my android's also...
Even my wife and child only uses android at home, my wife loves her SII - and my daughter plays games on the tab and phones.
I've been "androidifyed"
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This is more of a discussion thread. How did you manage to misinterpret that? Because it ended in a question mark? Should I have used an
explanation mark like everyone else who has bad grammer? Im clearly only asking for opinions, not help with anything....
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I certainly do my fair share of "hardcore" gaming on my PC. That being said though, my PC has essentially become another platform if you will (I.e. ps3, Xbox) to me. And like those platforms, having them arent really a necessity to me. Also, I don't think its fair to say lack of gpu power rules out a devices gaming potential. I still have a gamecube that I use and take to ssbm tournaments. A game is only as hardcore as the user playing it.
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I can see this being the case with many people but not with me. I don't have any gaming platform other than my PC (and my phone but not big into that). This is excluding my collection of nostalgia consoles. All my work is done on my PC (Systems Admin for the most part) and this includes virtual machines. Can't really do without my PC at this stage.
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I will only replace my PC when Windows 8 tablets come out, they're the only handheld devices worth of replacing a PC, i mean Windows Explorer on a tablet? and the metro UI? that's a lethal combination.
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I totally agree...
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I recently moved house and in between places at the moment so all my tech is packed away in storage. I've been forced to do my day to day work across a combo of Samsung Galaxy SII and my main device Galaxy Tab 10.1
My day 2 day files that I access regular were stored on a Windows Home Server which was connected to a Box Cloud account for stuff I need access to from anywhere, anytime so I am now using the Tab and phone to access this box account that will be re-sync'd once I settle down and re instate my Home Server.
My main Desktop PC is a HP Touch smart running Windows 8 CP so I would still keep that for home media stuff or when absolutely a PC is needed at a moments notice. My only other PC I have is a little book size Asus purely for live HD TV connected to my LED TV and used as a HTPC and DLNA streaming to my android devices but I think once Windows 8 becomes fully rolled out across PC's, tablets and eventually phones.... I will replace the Android devices and I will content that all my devices will be the same baseline OS and all my data completely sync'd across windows live id's.
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maybe when we can install linux OS on our tablet then that will be the time i will replace my old pc
On a second note, I thought of something else whilst reading the other posts.... there will always be a need to access windows or Mac full blown applications like Office, outlook etc.... so my plan further down the line was to upgrade the hardware on my Windows Home Server and add a VMWare environment to the mix or a separate box depending on performance and run full blown virtual machines that I can access from anywhere on my android devices using Wyse Pocket cloud app for either remote desktop or VNC access using Google services to access them from anywhere I have a connection which is quite appealing for me....
That means I would pretty much only use my mobile devices full time and have desktop services via virtual machine clients either on android or windows 8 tablets, phones further down the line.
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maybe when we can install linux OS on our tablet then that will be the time i will replace my old pc
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Lol....I believe it is possible, I've seen posts mentioning Ubuntu being ran on a galaxy tab 10.1, what I would really like to see would be for someone to get hold of a windows 8 ARM sdk and create an image so I can install it on my android tablet.
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HarmonyFlame said:
So is there anyone else that is either in the process of or already made the transition from their PC to their mobile device?
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I used to own a laptop in addition to my mobile phone, but ever since I've owned a smartphone, I find myself using my laptop less and less. Except for really complicated tasks, I find my android phone sufficient, and in some cases, better than an actual PC.
Hi, I am new in this forum I`d like to know what is better for office purpose (print documents and wrinting) a Blackberry Playbook / Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" /Future Acer Iconia Tab for 2013, having to use it like document editing,printing ,sending plataform?
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Hi, I am new in this forum I`d like to know what is better for office purpose (print documents and wrinting) a Blackberry Playbook / Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" /Future Acer Iconia Tab for 2013, having to use it like document editing,printing ,sending plataform?
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I would consider a nexus 7
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Surely a Microsoft surface would be best .....
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vizzy said:
Surely a Microsoft surface would be best .....
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I've heard they're having issues with the magnets for the keyboard separating from the tab.
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Think is that I`d get it under 190$ and must be compatible with printers via wifi at least
and I forgot to mention that I am limited to store that accept foreign:venezuelan credit card
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and I forgot to mention that I am limited to store that accept foreign:venezuelan credit card
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Really depends on what you are wanting to do ...
Well, they all have their strengths and weaknesses.
Blackberry Playbook
+ works with BB phones, can use with corporate email (via the BB phone), bundled control software is pretty good, good battery life, native email client in os2
- doesn't have SameTime (if you use with BB phone), proprietary software to manage it, not very flexible unless you root and side load, limited apps
Android tablets
too many variants but it has alternative office apps and I think office 365 will be ported to android, so you can get the same editting as on a standard win PC on an android (or close enough for most purposes). It is flexible and depending on the app, can be really a mobile PC.
http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-office-coming-to-android-and-apple-devices-in-early-2013-7000005563/
For me, I would probably go with an Android, of which would be tossing up a Galaxy Tab, Nexus 7 or a padphone. The idea of the padphone is pretty cool, however, a friend of mine had one and he gave that one away after a month, as keeping the pad part of the phone handy wasn't so handy but for me, I would like to have a single mobile device so that I wouldn't need to constantly sync between.
Also, I like flexibility of the Android system and the amount of apps there are for it. Currently running Win 8 on a china tablet, Android on a Lenovo ThinkPad (gift) and had an IPad (gift). Out of all of them at the moment, I use the Lenovo the most (second to my phone).