Video technology has not been good enough in the past on any platform (even Cisco's Umi telepresence) for me to see it as more than an aid. I had a satisfactory experience overall from the iPhone side. I initiated and answered calls from an iPhone 4 in San Francisco using Wi-Fi. Scott used CNET's high-speed Internet and a Webcam built into his New York-based iMac. Today's beta software exponentially opens up the FaceTime platform to include users of Mac OS X Snow Leopard-for the time being.ĬNET Senior Associate Editor Scott Stein and I jumped on three phone calls. One of our biggest complaints about FaceTime for iPhone was that it restricted video chat participants to those who own an iPhone 4. Earlier today, Apple CEO Steve Jobs revealed FaceTime for Mac, a beta version of the FaceTime video chat app that came to iPhone 4 this past June.