{"id":582222,"date":"2010-05-27T22:06:08","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T02:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/?p=23040"},"modified":"2010-05-27T22:06:08","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T02:06:08","slug":"really-qik-video-chat-on-the-sprint-evo-will-cost-5-per-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/582222","title":{"rendered":"Really??? Qik video chat on the Sprint EVO will cost $5 per month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So you just picked up your new <a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/tag\/htc-evo-4g\/\">Sprint EVO 4G<\/a> with front-facing camera and you are ready to make your first video call. What are your choices when it comes to video chat applications? Users could <a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/05\/news\/fring-is-first-to-bring-video-calling-to-android-and-sprint-evo\/\">download the new Fring<\/a> and start video chatting for free OR they could opt for <a href=\"http:\/\/qik.com\/\">Qik<\/a> and start paying $5 per month.<\/p>\n<p>Yup, you read that correct. Mobile video chat with Qik will be a &#8220;premium service&#8221; with a $4.99 monthly recurring charge (via PayPal). This fee will be in addition to the <a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/05\/news\/sprint-evo-4g-data-gets-mandatory-10-premium-29-for-mobile-hotspot\/\">mandatory $10 Android tax<\/a> that Sprint is tacking on to all EVO calling plans.<\/p>\n<p>The Qik application is prominently featured on the front of the EVO box and it comes preinstalled, so I&#8217;m sure they will get a few sign-ups. However, I wonder how long those customers will keep paying once they learn they can get the same functionality for absolutely nothing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23043\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 520px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Qik-Video-Chat-Cost1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23043\" title=\"Qik-Video-Chat-Cost1\" src=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Qik-Video-Chat-Cost1-510x382.jpg\" alt=\"Employee training materials from Sprint.\" width=\"510\" height=\"382\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Employee training materials from Sprint.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2  class=\"related_post_title\">Related Posts<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"related_post\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/05\/news\/sprint-evo-4g-preview-of-andriod-3d-games\/\" title=\"Sprint EVO 4G preview of Android 3D games\">Sprint EVO 4G preview of Android 3D games<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/05\/news\/speed-tests-how-fast-is-sprint-4g-with-the-htc-evo\/\" title=\"Speed tests: How fast is Sprint 4G with the HTC EVO?\">Speed tests: How fast is Sprint 4G with the HTC EVO?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/05\/news\/fring-is-first-to-bring-video-calling-to-android-and-sprint-evo\/\" title=\"Fring is first to bring video calling to Android and Sprint EVO\">Fring is first to bring video calling to Android and Sprint EVO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/05\/news\/sprint-evo-4g-first-impressions-and-hands-on-video\/\" title=\"Sprint EVO 4G first impressions\">Sprint EVO 4G first impressions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/05\/news\/sprint-evo-4g-hacked-before-release-froyo-coming-next\/\" title=\"Sprint EVO 4G hacked before release, Froyo coming next?\">Sprint EVO 4G hacked before release, Froyo coming next?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you just picked up your new Sprint EVO 4G with front-facing camera and you are ready to make your first video call. What are your choices when it comes to video chat applications? Users could download the new Fring and start video chatting for free OR they could opt for Qik and start paying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6390,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-582222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6390"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}