Comments on: Video: HTC Evo 4G Frees FaceTime From Wi-Fi (Sorta)

By: John Galt

John Galt — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 01:54:05 +0000

So the Andriod rules, yes? What is the smart phone that can dock in a laptop, so you can get a bigger screen , & Windows 7?

By: Paul Sorensen

Paul Sorensen — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:52:51 +0000

K. T. Bradford “Paul: Good question, we’ll investigate.”

How’s the investigation going?

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:32:31 +0000

Ever wonder if it’s EVO 4G’s wifi/processing/memory/3G connection causing it to go slow?
Seems likely the case.

Someone test it on a jailbroken iPhone 4 (use 3G facetime) and tell me how it went.
Either way. It makes sense why it’s a Wifi only app.

By: Derek

Derek — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:28:48 +0000

while some people are going to come on here and bring up the speed issue with ATT&T’s 3g being “faster” than Sprint’s 3g i would like to beat them to the punch by pointing out that it is a moot point at the moment due to the U/l speeds AT&t has been having…

By: nicholas

nicholas — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:04:37 +0000

It the Evo giving off a straight wi-fi connection like a router, but just at slow speeds?

By: Silverd77

Silverd77 — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:36:19 +0000

Whatever!! I’m home with my iPhone 4 on wifi, my mom n dad are on a golf course in Reno! My moms 3G with Mywi running, my dads iPhone 4 hooked to it, called me on facetime… Was PERFECT!! saw the course.,.. The island green they were on, watched him try to land it! Not choppy, came thru perfect!! If you have the means, try it! Worked great! I was amazed!

By: God of Biscuits

God of Biscuits — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:15:37 +0000

Tyler: you’re a doofus. The iPhones were using WiFi connections.

Meko: The iPhones needed to use external connections. They could have easily used another iPhone that had a tethering plan. You didn’t need an Android device. For that matter, they could have used a MiFi from Verizon.

Is there ever going to be a time when people don’t attack Apple one way or another? When they’re doing poorly they get attacked for being near-death. When they’re doing well, they get attacked for the certainty that they won’t be able to hold on to the success.

You people just suck.

By: Kerry Davidson

Kerry Davidson — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:26:21 +0000

This is a bad test. You need to specify EXACT bitrates on both sides otherwise your test is pointless. This could be a test proving how poor the mifi on the EVO is. When you do a scientific test, you have to remove all variables except for what you are testing, which you didn’t do. Next time, find a way to set the bitrate to an exact value on one end and then test, otherwise you aren’t really testing anything.

By: Mark Shields

Mark Shields — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:42:31 +0000

What would be far more interesting is an article comparing face to face video conferencing solutions and whether or not they can throttle correctly based on connection speed. What exactly is the minimum WiFi speed for optimal performance? Some of us have cable or DSL sourced WiFi, but not all WiFi is sourced equally. Granted, a 3G connection on an Evo isn’t that bad, but it’s definitely not comparable to most WiFi.

I look forward to further updates — but please, don’t throw people butter into gears and expect positive results.

By: K. T. Bradford

K. T. Bradford — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:36:28 +0000

Mark: the 3G connection on the Evo isn’t all that bad. And I’m not understanding your point in the second half of your comment. We didn’t say: this will never work. We just said it doesn’t work very well right now.

Tyler: We tried it in both hands. Same result.

Paul: Good question, we’ll investigate.