Setting Up FaceTime
Perhaps one of the more practical uses for the iPad’s cameras is to chat with someone through a videoconference using FaceTime. To use FaceTime, both you and the other person need an iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, or a Mac with a webcam, and Wi-Fi access.
To call someone who has an iPhone, you simply need that person’s iPhone number. To call someone who has an iPad, iPod touch, or Mac, you need to use that person’s email address, which they have assigned as their FaceTime ID.
Before you can make a FaceTime call, you must assign an email address to your iPad’s FaceTime account. To define one or more email addresses, follow these steps:
From the Home screen, tap Settings. The Settings screen appears. (If you start FaceTime without
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