Today at CTIA 2010, Verizon and Skype announced the imminent release of Skype mobile for Android and BlackBerry handsets on Verizon’s network. Come Thursday, you’ll be able to enter your phone number at verizonwireless.com/skypemobile to have a download link sent to your handset via text message. Android users will also be able to download the [...]
At least for the near term, Palm Pre users will have to wait some time for a webOS Skype app is released. The Skype development is working on Windows Mobile, Java-enabled cell phones, Android-powered devices and the iPhone in the first half of 2009.
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The long awaited Nokia N97 will undoubtedly be a hit at parties—wearing black (or white) and bundled with MD-8 speakers—when it arrives on Vodafone in the UK on June 26.
In stark contrast to Deutsche Telekom, who has moved to block 3G customers from using Skype on their network, 3 UK has announced a two step plan to embrace VoIP calls on their network.
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Deutsche Telekom plans to block customers from using Skype for iPhone in Germany, claiming the data traffic would hinder the performance of their 3G network and Wi-Fi hotspots.
iPhone users might have got theirs first, but BlackBerry users will be able to download a beta version of Skype for their phones come May, and with the ability to call over 3G being a confirmed feature, the extra wait will surely be worth it.
Seth Weintraub over at 9to5Mac installed Skype on his iPhone running the OS 3.0 beta, and found that it will make and take calls over a 3G connection – which as we previously reported, is not the case for anyone running prior versions of the iPhone OS. Video after the jump.
It’s been months since the announcement at CES, but the waiting game is nearly over – Skype for iPhone is set for release at the iPhone App Store on Tuesday.
