Yes, thank you for the review.
Can you speak a little about the Qik app: two-way calling? Can you call Desktop clients?
Also: Can you use Skype from the App Market? Like in the VZW DROID ads?
nope skype is gone. verizon locked it up under contract
So much for android being "open".
Thats a joke, right there. Google shouldn't allow it.![]()
So much for android being "open".
Thats a joke, right there. Google shouldn't allow it.![]()
So much for android being "open".
Thats a joke, right there. Google shouldn't allow it.![]()
Google doesn't own Skype... so they can't do that kind of thing. It's not Google's fault and it has nothing to do with Android being "open". It's called business.
Google doesn't own Skype... so they can't do that kind of thing. It's not Google's fault and it has nothing to do with Android being "open". It's called business.
Google controls Android.
Google could have said NO to the exclusivity contract, since the DROID is a "Google Experience" device.
That makes no sense. The fact that the Droid is a Google Experience device has absolutely no influence over Verizon's business choices.
google didnt sign the contract. the droid is made my motorola and its not a droid exclusive or android exclusive. its a verizon exlusive. so any verizon phone can get it, WIN MO, android, BB, etc. only thing google has control over is the OS. not the device.
the deal was between verizon and skype, no one else
Microsoft can't control it if Adobe and Dell enter into an exclusivity agreement, for example. To think otherwise is just foolish.
Microsoft can't control it if Adobe and Dell enter into an exclusivity agreement, for example. To think otherwise is just foolish.
Bottom line, Google could have made it against the terms of licensing Android or the terms of placing apps in the marketplace. Doesnt matter whos hardware it runs on, its googles OS and googles marketplace.
Do you think you can buy a copy of Windows and then start making copies and selling it because you come to an agreement with some other random person?![]()
This really makes no difference.
It's not like Verizon bought a copy of skype and is illegally loading it onto each device. I'm really not sure what your example is demonstrating, besides a lack of sense.
So are you sure that Skype signed an agreement with Google that says "In order for you to develop on our platform, you have to conform to these rules, including not signing any carrier exclusive agreements?"
Would LOVE to see that contract.
That is your assumption, right?
So are you sure that Skype signed an agreement with Google that says "In order for you to develop on our platform, you have to conform to these rules, including not signing any carrier exclusive agreements?"
Would LOVE to see that contract.
That is your assumption, right?
And BTW, there are LOTS of Apps that are carrier exclusive that are carried on the Android Market. In fact, I'm pretty sure that verizon has their own special section of the App store, where only Verizon subscribers can get certain things. Their NFL app is one that comes to mind.
I mean Google seems REALLY PISSED at VZW, so pissed in fact they gave them their own special branch of the marketplace![]()
Here ya go. Section 5.2.
Android.com
It grants Google a nonexclusive license to distribute the app as it sees fit.
Ok, explain the NFL mobile then.
Its pretty obvious that Verizon has an agreement in place that amends that agreement.