Widespread use of FaceTime, meanwhile, would instantly make the iPhone vastly more valuable to an iPhone owner, because it would allow you to simply and easily do video chat with your friends.

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Now suppose you want to do more than just have a video chat with 10, 000 of your closest friends.

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That's right, you no longer have to be jealous of your friends who've all been group video calling using Skype 5.0 for Windows for months -- Skype's new Beta 5.0 for Mac finally brings the ability to video chat with up to ten of your Skype contacts to OS X client.

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The most innovative thing here is that you can do a Facetime chat with a Moveline rep or just make a video walking through your house.

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If you and your friend are online and on Facebook, you can launch a video chat with one click, although it does require a quick download of an applet.

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