{"id":583228,"date":"2010-05-28T08:41:43","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T12:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"9737 at http:\/\/www.androidcentral.com"},"modified":"2010-05-28T08:41:43","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T12:41:43","slug":"the-rumors-are-true-qik-video-chat-will-cost-extra-on-the-evo-4g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/583228","title":{"rendered":"The rumors are true: Qik video chat will cost extra on the Evo 4G"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rtecenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/sites\/androidcentral.com\/files\/articleimage\/684\/2010\/05\/evo-evo-faq-499-qik-engadget.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"199\" class=\"lightbox2\" alt=\"Qik video chat fee\" src=\"http:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/sites\/androidcentral.com\/files\/articleimage\/684\/2010\/05\/thumb_550_evo-evo-faq-499-qik-engadget.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"rteleft\">Time to get the pitchforks out, people. We slept on it in hopes it was all a nightmare, but the ugly rumor that began yesterday (first by Android Guys and later confirmed by Engadget)&nbsp;is true:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/video-chat-demo-sprint-evo-4g\">Video chat on Qik on the Evo 4G<\/a> is going to cost an extra $4.99 a month, payable by Paypal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteleft\">It&#8217;s more than a little suspect that this wasn&#8217;t mentioned &#8212; ever &#8212; during Sprint&#8217;s Evo 4G launch party in New York, nor did <a href=\"http:\/\/qik.com\/info\/contact_us\">any of the Qik folks<\/a> there drop the bomb, and here we are just a week from launch. The good news is that there&#8217;s already one <a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/fring-nearly-excited-about-evo-4g-you-launches-video-calling\">free alternative in Fring<\/a>, and Skype may be bringing video chat as well <a href=\"http:\/\/skattertech.com\/2010\/05\/skype-mobile-coming-to-sprint-htc-evo-4g\/\">in the form of a &quot;consumer app&quot;<\/a> (outside the bounds of its exclusivity with Verizon) later this year. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/2010\/05\/27\/evos-qik-video-chat-cost-extra-5-month\/\">Android Guys<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/05\/27\/qik-charging-5-monthly-for-evo-4g-video-chat\/\">Engadget<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>This is a post by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\">Android Central<\/a>. 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We slept on it in hopes it was all a nightmare, but the ugly rumor that began yesterday (first by Android Guys and later confirmed by Engadget)&nbsp;is true:&nbsp;Video chat on Qik on the Evo 4G is going to cost an extra $4.99 a month, payable by Paypal. 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