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Skype lands on Verizon's BlackBerry and Android handsets this Thursday
Skype and mobile devices go together like peanut butter and jelly. Why make VoIP calls on a computer when you can make them on a device that's designed for phone calls ... your phone? Until this week, the answer was "because my phone doesn't have a mobile version of Skype!" That's about to change for a lot of people, though, as Verizon customers get a mobile version of Skype for BlackBerry and Android. You'll be able to download it this Thursday at 3 a.m. eastern time. This version of Skype includes, both, text chat and voice, and allows you to make calls (including SkypeOut calls) over a 3G network at Skype's famously low international rates. Verizon isn't letting you use Skype to do an end-run around your phone contract, though: in-country SkypeOut calls will just work like regular Verizon phone calls, and they will count against your minutes. That might explain why Verizon's Skype won't work over Wi-Fi, only 3G.
Despite its limitations, though, having Skype in your pocket is pretty awesome. I hope we'll see Wi-Fi calling soon, and eventually video calls (when handsets have the camera technology to support it).
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Subscribe to commentsNonprofitTechMar 24th 2010 12:20PM
I have yet to own a cell phone whose connection and speaker/microphone are worth using for anything other than mobile communications. I have an Android right now, I would never ever use this thing for voice communications if a land line or computer were handy instead.
Justin DunlapMar 24th 2010 2:34PM
I make Skype VOIP calls over WiFi or 3G on my Touch Pro 2, and people can't tell the difference between when I'm calling from my phone or from my computer (and I have a computer headset that is generally recognized as having good quality).
David RonMar 24th 2010 2:40PM
So, this makes a cellular call to a skype-owned phone number and then a voip call from there to the end user? My G1 has been able to do that via Skype Mobile on T-Mobile for over a year.
What's the new part?
broadhurstMar 25th 2010 6:26AM
I know lots of people use Skype. Truth is...my Mom hates the lag...and YES there is a lag. Maybe cuz my Mom lives in rural Iowa.
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