Using email address for iPhone FaceTime

If I want to call someone on FaceTime, I usually would not know if they are on their Mac, iPad, iPod or iPhone, so I would prefer just to use their FaceTime email address rather than having to try their phone number first.
Does calling a FaceTime email address mean that all of the recipients Macs and devices will ring at once - including the iPhone? I hope so, otherwise it means two FaceTime calls instead of one in many cases.
Does anyone know the answer or have an opinion or suggestion?

Scott Litch wrote:
This seems pertty dumb. I Hope iOS brings a secondary option to add a Facetime e-mail address to the iPhone, that way it will ring my iMac, MacBook, and iPhone at once.
Hello Scott
You are NOT writing to Apple here: http://discussions.apple.com/help.jspa
You can offer suggestions for FaceTime improvement directly to Apple from:
  http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
You will not get a response, but you can be certain that the responsible
Apple people will see your input for consideration in future products.
EZ Jim
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