VIDEO: Making calls with a tablet PC

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Tablet PCs connect people

The variety of possibilities that a tablet PC offers to keep in touch with friends and relatives is almost inexhaustible. Be it social networks like Facebook, Twitter and the new Google+ or instant messengers like ICQ, written contact with other people is far from being the measure of all things.

  • It's much nicer to hear the other person's voice. However, depending on the distance, this can be quite costly by telephone
  • Tablet PCs with their numerous Apps a great way to communicate with loved ones over the internet.

How to make calls with iPad and Co.

No matter which tablet you are using, there are some applications for every operating system that can To phone via your tablet PC. Probably the best-known application for this is certainly “Skype”, a program that allows its users to make phone calls using their computers or tablets. And this is how you use it:

  1. Download Skype from the Android-Market or the App Store (here the Skype app will probably not appear until autumn / winter 2011)
    2. Video telephony with the iPad - these options are available

    It's more personal and vivid than a normal phone call - the talk is ...

  2. After the download, the app will be automatically installed on your tablet PC.
  3. Open the app and set up a Skype account. To do this, all you need to do is follow the steps shown.
  4. If you have installed the app, you can already add friends and relatives to your contacts. Of course, this assumes that they are also logged on to Skype.
  5. And then you can "call" the person you want.

With Skype it is also possible for you to see the person you are talking to during the call. However, this requires that both devices involved are equipped with a front camera.

If you have an iPad 2, "Facetime" is a pre-installed option for video telephony. However, this is only limited to Apple devices with a front camera.

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