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AT&T picked a quiet Friday afternoon to let customers know that it will not charge for FaceTime video calls over its cellular network. The ability to make a FaceTime call over 3G/4G is a new feature introduced in iOS 6. Though AT&T is allowing customers to use the cellular version of FaceTime, it’s not all moonlight and roses. AT&T added a gotcha by offering this feature only to customers who subscribe to its Mobile Share plans.
“AT&T will offer FaceTime over Cellular as an added benefit of our new Mobile Share data plans, which were created to meet customers’ growing data needs at a great value,” said AT&T in a statement provided to the media. “With Mobile Share, the more data you use, the more you save. FaceTime will continue to be available over Wi-Fi for all our customers.”
AT&T introduced its Mobile Share plans shortly after Verizon Wireless began offering its Share Everything plans in late June. AT&T plans let customers buy a bucket of data that is shared between multiple devices. Customers then pay a monthly fee for each device they add to their plan. The savings with a Mobile Share plan is nominal, but for some customers, the flexibility of being able to share data between tablets, phones and laptops may be worth the switch.
[Via MacRumors]
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Kelly Hodgkins
Kelly spent the last four years covering mobile technology at places like BGR, Gizmodo and The Unofficial Apple Weblog. Before writing, she spent a few years working with and teaching others how to use Adobe Flash and Macromedia Director. Even earlier than that, she spent several years as a Ph.D student in Microbiology. When she's not writing, she can be found fishing the lakes and hiking the mountains of Western Maine with her husband and tribe of children. You can follow her on Twitter @kellyhodgkins.
