FaceTime Calls That Should Never Be Made
August 10th, 2010 by Mark Spoonauer, LAPTOP Editor in Chief 
The iPhone 4 can do a lot of cool things, but the most gee-whiz feature has to be FaceTime. Why else would Apple focus on this single capability in its ads? For the uninitiated, FaceTime lets you make high-quality video calls over Wi-Fi using the iPhone 4’s front-facing camera. The commercials so far have ranged from excruciatingly cute (the haircut one) to downright touching (grandpa seeing his granddaughter for the first time).
Then I saw the ad in which an expectant mom announces to her significant other that she’s pregnant. Umm, isn’t that information one should share in person? Couldn’t it wait until he gets back from his business trip? (I have no idea where either of them are.) What if the father was less than thrilled with the news?
This last spot got me thinking. How else could FaceTime make people feel really, really awkward? What types of video calls should one never make, and which ones would one never want to receive under any circumstances? Where should we draw the line between what we say via mobile video and right to someone’s real face? I’ll tell you where.
FaceTime Calls That Should Never Be Made
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August 10th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Why isn’t this called “Skype Calls That Should Never Be Made” or “Video Calls That Should Never Be Made”? Can you compel me?
August 10th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
It could have been called Skype Calls or Video Calls That Should Never Be Made, but we were inspired by all the FaceTime commercials that mimic this format.