Facetime

iOS users are lucky, as you guys have the opportunity to experience one of the best video chatting clients in the world. This is not an Apple ad, I can personally guarantee that. I'm just an iPad 2 user who is satisfied with this product. Okey, back to the topic, Facetime. There are always pros and cons when we review a product, and same goes to this app.

Well, first, I will talk about the advantages. Compared to other available video chatting apps such as Skype app, Facetime is more responsive, with smoother and faster video streaming. That means you will unlikely have lagging video streaming. Another amazing feature of Facetime is its ability to switch cameras, changing from the front facing camera to the back camera, enabling you to show off your current location without physically turning your iPad 2.

What about the disadvantages? One extremely important feature that Facetime lacks is the ability to send chat messages, something that is included in Skype from the very beginning of its release. Though this feature can still be accessed through the new iMessages app in iOS5, it is still quite inconvenient as the messaging feature is not integrated in Facetime, making it difficult to access both features at the same time. Next is the grainy video quality of Facetime. It's mainly caused by the 0.7 Mega Pixel Rear Camera and the front facing camera of iPad which is only 0.3 Mega Pixel. However, if the purpose is for video chatting, it is still decent enough. For iPhone 4 and 4S users, this is not really the issue you guys have nice quality 5 MP and 8MP cameras which good enough to display crisp video quality in Facetime.

In short, Facetime is fun and easy to use, with clear audio and decent video streaming speed, making it one of the attractive features in iOS devices. Though there are certain flaws that we managed to point out, it is still a noteworthy video chatting app.