{"id":466743,"date":"2010-03-24T13:49:11","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T17:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/?p=14251"},"modified":"2010-03-24T13:49:11","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T17:49:11","slug":"skype-android-app-for-verizon-available-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/466743","title":{"rendered":"Skype Android app for Verizon Available Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"KonaBody\">\n<div class=\"tweetmeme_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidguys.com%2F2010%2F03%2F24%2Fskype-android-app-verizon-thursday%2F\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidguys.com%2F2010%2F03%2F24%2Fskype-android-app-verizon-thursday%2F&amp;source=AndroidGuys&amp;style=normal&amp;service=bit.ly\" height=\"61\" width=\"50\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p class=\"first-child \"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/verizon_skype.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14252\" title=\"verizon_skype\" src=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/verizon_skype-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" \/><\/a>Skype and Verizon announced at CTIA that a Skype Mobile app will be available in the Android market beginning Thursday, March 25, for users of the Droid, Droid Eris, and Devour on Verizon. The app is not the VOIP app you might be imagining: it relies on Verizon&#8217;s voice network to connect calls.<\/p>\n<p>The app will allow users to:<span id=\"more-14251\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>make and receive unlimited Skype-to-Skype voice calls<\/li>\n<li>send and receive unlimited IMs with other Skype users<\/li>\n<li>manage their Skype contact list within the app<\/li>\n<li>make international calls at Skype&#8217;s calling rates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The two companies announced they&#8217;d be partnering on this project <a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/2010\/03\/08\/verizon-shows-skype-mobile-works-video\/\" ><strong>earlier this month<\/strong><\/a>. This week&#8217;s announcement gives us more specific information about the timing of release (this week!) and the features of the app.<\/p>\n<p>A Skype representative was <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/skypemobile\/status\/10979689065\" >noncommittal<\/a><\/strong> when asked if or when they might bring a pure VOIP app to Android, and I believe I read a big, fat &#8220;nope&#8221; between the lines, especially given their more positive <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/skypemobile\/status\/10969528461\" >noncommittal response<\/a><\/strong> to other inquiries.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a Verizon customer who uses Skype, let us know what you think about the app once you&#8217;ve had the chance to try it out. If you use the Skype Lite app that was available more generally in the Market, know that if you uninstall it, it&#8217;ll be gone forever: Skype has <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/share.skype.com\/sites\/en\/2010\/02\/changes_to_our_mobile_lineup.html\" >pulled it from the market<\/a><\/strong>. And if you&#8217;re interested in using a VOIP service on your Android phone, your best bet might be to check out other apps like <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/2009\/12\/14\/app-review-fring\/\" >Fring<\/a><\/strong> or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.tubaloo.com\/tubaloo\/pages\/public\/init.jsf\" >Tubaloo<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3  class=\"related_post_title\">Might We Suggest&#8230;<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"related_post\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/2010\/03\/08\/verizon-shows-skype-mobile-works-video\/\" title=\"Verizon Shows Us How Skype Mobile Works [VIDEO]\">Verizon Shows Us How Skype Mobile Works [VIDEO]<\/a><br \/><small>\n<p>Verizon recently announced that they&#8217;ve worked out an exclusive deal to offer Skype Mobile on their Android handsets.\u00a0 Starting this month, the Droid, Droid Eris, and Devour handsets will come loa&#8230;<\/small><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/AxY4aZQB_tSq2cQjSw4WR2EcF18\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/AxY4aZQB_tSq2cQjSw4WR2EcF18\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/AxY4aZQB_tSq2cQjSw4WR2EcF18\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/AxY4aZQB_tSq2cQjSw4WR2EcF18\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/androidguyscom?a=N1fDUr7Y2Lc:U_c7QF1d9oI:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/androidguyscom?i=N1fDUr7Y2Lc:U_c7QF1d9oI:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/androidguyscom?a=N1fDUr7Y2Lc:U_c7QF1d9oI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/androidguyscom?i=N1fDUr7Y2Lc:U_c7QF1d9oI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/androidguyscom?a=N1fDUr7Y2Lc:U_c7QF1d9oI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/androidguyscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/androidguyscom?a=N1fDUr7Y2Lc:U_c7QF1d9oI:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/androidguyscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/androidguyscom?a=N1fDUr7Y2Lc:U_c7QF1d9oI:6swKnRFnXgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/androidguyscom?i=N1fDUr7Y2Lc:U_c7QF1d9oI:6swKnRFnXgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/androidguyscom\/~4\/N1fDUr7Y2Lc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skype and Verizon announced at CTIA that a Skype Mobile app will be available in the Android market beginning Thursday, March 25, for users of the Droid, Droid Eris, and Devour on Verizon. 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