Funny, the author didn’t mention that FaceTime is over WIFI only - it does not run on your 3G network.
On the other hand, Fring on Android runs on the 3G network. So you can use it anywhere, you don’t have to try to find a WIFI connection to have a video call...
I guess that’s ‘dominance’ though?
Negotiations with the carrier turns out differently for different companies with different carriers. Wow, who’da thunk. The integration of Apple on the one hand via WiFi, versus downloading a third party app and clicking it for 3G ... well, whatever floats your boat. I’ll go with Apple.
One thing is pretty evident regardless, and that is that carriers do not want devices with certain native capabilities on their 4G networks at present. That will no doubt change in the future, but that future is not yet here.
The dominance is in mobile devices ... not Facetime.
I wouldn’t give up my iPhone 4.
Droids are fugly anyway.
But he did mention it. Perhaps you read too quickly: "As a technological demo, FaceTime is impressive. It really is one-click-and-it-works provided both parties have iPhone 4s are are connected to WiFi. "
As the author also says: "Yes, I know, other phones have done video chat for some time now. But the fact that seemingly everyone is talking about mobile video chatting for the first time with this release says just about all you need to say." Nobody is talking about video chat except on the iPhone 4. I have seen it in action and it is clear and sharp video. And also it will be open source for any other vendors who want to use it.