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Skype for Android now faster and available on smaller screens
Not everyone who owns an Android smartphone has a glorious 4-inch Super AMOLED display in his or her pocket. Lower-priced devices like the HTC Wildfire have brought budget-conscious shoppers into the Android fold, too. But there's a downside to a device with a smaller screen: not all of the big name apps will run on them.If you've been cursing under your breath about the fact that you can't run Skype, for example, your mutterings have been answered! Skype has announced in an official blog post that Skype for Android v 1.0.1 now supports devices with 240x420 and 320x240 resolutions.
The new version also includes support for your hardware 'back' key, and it's both smaller and faster than previous Skype for Android releases. Skype also now consumes less power if you leave it idling on your device.
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Subscribe to commentsjValdronNov 9th 2010 11:52AM
Does it still run a process in the background even when Skype is closed and signed out? That was the biggest drawback for me.
JonnyNov 9th 2010 1:16PM
This may be a duh question for most, but I've been stuck with a windows mobile 6.1 device and I'm looking to hop to android. Does skype for android let you simply dial and talk through your handset like you can when making a regular phone call? On WM 6.1 it won't let you talk that way (at least not that I've ever found, you have to use a headset.
JawmanDec 7th 2010 8:48AM
@Jonny I have used this to just play around with. With VZW any mobile skype calls made to a skype contact is airtime free if I understand it correctly. (I don't get to see corporate bill) A Skype to VZW Mobile Skype is connected without the phone fees and uses the VZW cell network for the mobile client. Quality is pretty good. Would be nice to get callers video, but for free, I'm not going to complain. I could see this handy only if the person calling doesn't have a VZW phone and is sitting at a computer.