Power of Wi-Fi + Smartphones = FaceTime with Relatives in Vietnam!

United States
February 13, 2016 12:40am CST
The power of wi-fi/internet connection and our smart phones is amazing! I have never met some of my relatives in person or even seen them in pictures so when my family was able to FaceTime with relatives, it was an awesome experience! I was able to meet a lot of them because they were at each others houses during Chinese New Year. Do you often use FaceTime or some sort of video call?
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Scindhia H
@Scindhia (1906)
• India
14 Feb 16
I use skype so that my son can talk to my parents who live quite a bit away from us. He loves it more than the phone conversations.
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Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
14 Feb 16
That is great to hear. I love being able to see the person I am talking to also!
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Scindhia H
@Scindhia (1906)
• India
14 Feb 16
@infatuatedbby Have you been to vietnam?
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arbie bee
@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
15 Feb 16
We don't use facetime. I have tried Y!Messenger for the videocall.
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Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
15 Feb 16
@pauliek I think Yahoo Messenger still exists. I just used it last year or two ago!
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Paul Kuehn
@pauliek (287)
• Udon Thani, Thailand
16 Feb 16
@infatuatedbby Then, I will have to check it out. I have been very satisfied with the quality of calls on SKYPE which is much better than Messenger.
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Paul Kuehn
@pauliek (287)
• Udon Thani, Thailand
15 Feb 16
@brokenbee I think YahooMessenger stopped its operations about four years ago. I use SKYPE now and it is much better than Y!Messenger ever was.
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
13 Feb 16
I have not used facetime myself, and I've no need to talk to someone so far away. However, I have had friends who now benefit from this technology. It's great that we are able to communicate with family within minutes instead of over weeks (waiting for letters).
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Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
13 Feb 16
I hardly use FaceTime, but I found it so useful now especially since we live across seas! I love it and hope to do this often.
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Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
13 Feb 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes, I can. Not very frequently, but enough to keep a conversation going.
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
13 Feb 16
@infatuatedbby Do you speak any Vietnamese yourself?
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Paul Kuehn
@pauliek (287)
• Udon Thani, Thailand
13 Feb 16
I have never heard of or used Facetime for video calls. In Thailand, many people use LINE for messaging and video calls. I have also used SKYPE.
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Paul Kuehn
@pauliek (287)
• Udon Thani, Thailand
15 Feb 16
@infatuatedbby Have you ever heard of or used LINE?
Anna
@LadyDuck (472482)
• Switzerland
13 Feb 16
No, I do not use Face Time, this is the first time I hear about this service.
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Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
14 Feb 16
FaceTime is built in Apple products.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472482)
• Switzerland
14 Feb 16
@infatuatedbby I do not use smartphones and I have stopped buying Apple products many years ago.
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Reine25
@Lucky15 (37374)
• Philippines
13 Feb 16
viber, with my nieces in US :)
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Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
14 Feb 16
That's awesome!!
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Lee Ka
@kaka135 (14934)
• Malaysia
13 Feb 16
That sounds really good. I have never use FaceTime before. I always wish we had this kind of technology when my husband and I were apart when we were studying in different countries. My husband's family is using WeChat to communicate with my brother-in-law who is working in New Zealand now. Perhaps we can check out FaceTime and see if it's good for them to use.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
15 Feb 16
It's Skype that we use , when we talk with our daughter . Though i get to use the message at Facebook and have chatted once with a friend there . But now , i always stay off on FB's chatbox.
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Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
15 Feb 16
Skype is a good service. I've used it in the past.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (141910)
• Roseburg, Oregon
14 Feb 16
That is great that you were able to see relatives that you have not seen before.
amnabas
@amnabas (14889)
• Karachi, Pakistan
13 Feb 16
We use Skype and whatsapp.
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Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
14 Feb 16
I heard whatsapp is very popular - I personally never used it before though.
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Anh Phan
@anh101 (1379)
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25 Feb 16
I've been talking on Skype with mom via video calls when I am far away from home. We can Face Time from the smart TV also, will be bigger screen; however, I am so busy to get ahead with that also. But will be some day. This time I am still at home, so we Face Time everytime. lol I think they wanna get rid of me now. lolz
Kewkumber
@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
13 Feb 16
Sweet, I use skype for video calls with my relatives who reside overseas. But I've done so only on my laptop, I've never tried it on my phone.
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Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
13 Feb 16
I am going to use the iPad next time encase, I wouldn't want to get charged or anything.
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Pinay Ako
@AkoPinay (11492)
• Philippines
22 Feb 16
I believe FaceTime works Apple/iOS to Apple only. There are many mobile apps we can use aside from Skype like Viber, Line, etc. we can also search Talk 2 app on android or iOS :)