Skype For Android Now Available Worldwide

[phandroid]

If you’re a Skype user and Android lover, you have been previously disappointed that *the Skype Android application was available on a select number of handset/carriers. But it appears your time may have come, as Skype just announced the release of Skype for Android saying, “with this latest release, the majority of smart phone users [...]

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[GatorDeb]

AWESOME!! Pay $60 a year and you get to call any # in the U.S. So pretty much unlimited anywhere from cell for $5 a month =)

 

[mikedt]

AWESOME!! Pay $60 a year and you get to call any # in the U.S. So pretty much unlimited anywhere from cell for $5 a month =)

SkypeOut calls in USA WiFi only. Don't you just love those revenue greedy US carriers?

 

[IDAHOBuck]

How come Samsung Galaxy S not supported??????????

 

[NZtechfreak]

Works on the JPK Froyo firmware for the Galaxy S, working perfectly on mine.

 

[GatorDeb]

SkypeOut calls in USA WiFi only. Don't you just love those revenue greedy US carriers?

So THAT'S the contradiction vs. it works with WiFi only vs. it works with 3G, WiFi limitation is only for SkypeOut..... I wonder if someone could figure out a way to thether the phone wirelessly to itself lol

 

[RagingSamster]

wifi only in US

 

[GatorDeb]

So it IS true that it's WiFi only in the U.S. Probably won't get to play around with it until I get home in a few hours. That sucks. But I'm sure they'll open it up, I think.

 

[mikedt]

WiFi limitation is only for SkypeOut.....

No doubt done at the request of the US carrier cartel to protect their lucrative revenues.

What would SkypeOut charge for a call to China? 1c a minute. What would Verizon charge? $3 a minute maybe?

I wonder if someone could figure out a way to thether the phone wirelessly to itself lol

It would probably disappear up it's own SIM slot.. haha