Face time

[BCS]

I have been using face time in USA,it was fine,but unable to use in India ie unable to talk to my children in USA thru' face time.the main purpose of my purchasing IPAD2 is failed.Will any body clarify,that face time can't be used / unavailable outside USA.Thanks in advance for clarifications.
BCS

 

[Tim SPRACKLEN]

Some countries do not allow the use of FaceTime - for example, for sure, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and several other Gulf States. I have not heard before that it is not allowed in India. It's OK in all European countries, Australia, New Zealand, Japan etc. Perhaps other Members from India would care to comment.

Tim

 

[twerppoet]

Skype might be an alternative if FaceTime is not working. Worth looking into anyway.

 

[Goavs18]

Yeah I use facetime with my wife and she is in kuwait, we do have connect issues sometimes but that is because of the wifi connecting on her side

 

[slayda]

There is another similar app called Tango. There is also an Android version of Tango. It's not as slick as FaceTime but has one advantage - you can restrict it to audio only or audio only one way and audio/video the other way. Might be worth a try. It's a free app & I can vouch for it working (at least in USA).

Edit; I use it with my wifi only iPad 2. Don't know how 3G might word differently??