FAQs: Cisco WebEx Meeting Center on the iPhone

Key features include the ability to seamlessly transfer your WebEx meeting from your iPhone to your desktop with a flick of the wrist (Meeting Handoff), join a meeting with the WebEx meeting number on the app, and improved automatic audio rejoin when the audio call is dropped.

1. Download the Cisco WebEx Meeting Center application from the Apple AppStore for free
2. Click on the url in the “To join this meeting” section in the WebEx invitation email.
3. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen to join the teleconference.
4. Go to the iPhone Home screen and tap on the WebEx Meet icon to join the Web portion of the meeting.

You can also join a meeting by launching the app and entering the WebEx meeting number or by clicking the url in the calendar invitation.

Yes, there is no cost to download the WebEx Meeting Center application on the iPhone, or to attend any WebEx meetings you’ve been invited to join. Regular telephony/phone charges still apply, please check with your carrier for more information.

To schedule, start and cancel a meeting and to invite attendees before and during the meeting, you need a host account by subscribing to a WebEx account.

If you have a WebEx host account, you can attend schedule a WebEx meeting and invite attendees to your meeting. First, enter your WebEx account information on the Profile page in the iPhone application. Then from the My Meeting list, click on the "+" button in the upper right hand corner. After scheduling a meeting, you can start, invite and cancel the meeting. You can also invitee attendees during the meeting.

WebEx release versions WBS26 and WBS27 are iPhone compatible. Certain restrictions may apply based on your company’s policies and WebEx implementation. To learn more, please visit http://www.webex.com/iphonesupport.html.

You can join a WebEx demo meeting with a live host directly from your iPhone. Demos are available, Monday through Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time (14:30 to 01:00 UTC). Visit http://m.webex.com from your iPhone to join a demo.

You can sign up for a 14 Day Free Trial from www.webex.com or contact Cisco WebEx Sales for more information.

You can view a presentation shared from another computer, but presenting from the iPhone is not supported. If you are a host of the meeting, you can start your meeting from the iPhone and then assign presenter privileges to one of the attendees who joined on a computer.

iPhone OS 2.0 and above; active cellular or WiFi connection (the application will not function in Flight Mode).

Yes, this application works wherever iPhones are supported and 3G / WiFi networks are available. Besides English, WebEx Meeting Center on the iPhone is localized in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean. For other iPhone language settings the application will appear in English.

Yes. An attendee can join the web portion of the meeting on an Apple iPod touch on WiFi, but will need to join the audio portion from a phone.