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Using FaceTime over a cellular connection can quickly run through your
monthly data allotment and prove hazardous to your budget. However, you can now do an
audio-only FaceTime call, which can cut down significantly on your data usage.
FaceTime:
On your conversation partner's own iPad mini, iPad 2 or later, on an Intel-based
Mac computer (OS X 10.6.6 or later), on a recent-model iPod touch, or on an iPhone 4 or
later. (FaceTime first appeared on Apple's prized smartphone.)
Getting started with FaceTime
When you use FaceTime for the first time, after you tap the app's icon from the Home screen, you're
required to sign in to FaceTime using your Apple ID, which can be your iTunes Store account,
iCloud ID, or another Apple account. (You may have previously supplied this info during setup of
your iPad mini.) If you don't have an account, tap Create New Apple ID to set one up within
FaceTime. You also must supply an e-mail address or phone number that callers use to call you from
their own FaceTime-capable iPads, Macs, iPhones, or iPod touches.
If this is the first time you've used a particular e-mail address for FaceTime, Apple
sends an e-mail to that address to verify the account. Tap (or click) Verify Now and enter
your Apple ID and password to complete the FaceTime setup. If the e-mail address resides in
Mail on the iPad mini, you're already good to go.
If you have multiple e-mail addresses, callers can use any of them for FaceTime. To add an e-mail
address after the initial setup, tap Settings
⇒
FaceTime
⇒
Add Another Email. And phone numbers (for
your iPhone) work too with iOS 6.
In fact, it's often a good idea to allocate separate e-mail addresses for FaceTime, as-
suming you have more than one Apple product that can take advantage of it. That way, a call
to you when you're on your Mac, for example, won't ring on the iPad mini instead.
You can turn FaceTime on or off within Settings, but if you don't turn it off, you don't have to sign
back in when you launch the app.
