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Skype for iPhone now with video calls
- jperras 16y agoOther than the ability to make video calls to a computer/laptop, I'm not sure how this is an improvement from Apple's "FaceTime". I suppose that if you own an older iPhone/iPod or an iPad and want to receive video calls but not have the ability to broadcast your own video, then this is a much appreciated update.
- aresant 16y agoTwo big changes: - you can video chat with people without an apple FaceTime compatible product. - you can use it over 3G unlike FaceTime which is limited to wifi
- cubicle67 16y ago- you can do voice only calls, which means your iPod Touch is now a phone
- grinich 16y agoYou could do that before the update.
- cubicle67 16y agothanks, I had no idea. I thought it was still text only
- keithburgun 16y agoMost iPod Touches do not have a microphone =[
- portman 16y ago"Other than the ability to make video calls to a computer/laptop" The number of device that you can make video calls to increased from ~10M (iPhone4 and iPod Touch 4) to ~1000M (internet-connected PCs, notebooks, and netbooks). So if the Skype videocalling network has 100x the devices as the FaceTime videocalling network, then its value is something like 10,000 times greater [1]. It's a bit like stating "I'm not sure how $10 million is an improvement over $1000." [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfes_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfes_law
- dave1619 16y agoDoes skype on iPhone allow you to receive calls in the background?
- pilif 16y agoIf you are running iOS 4, then yes. It quite quickly drains your battery though when running. And it'll ring and vibrate whenever you get an IM message, even when you are at your computer chatting and thus aware of the IM conversation going on. For these two reasons, I personally don't run skype in the background
- gojomo 16y agoIndeed, Skype is the only app for which I've used the iOS4 background kill function.
- christophe971 16y agoStrange, after a certain amount of time (20 minutes ? more ?), I just don't receive skype calls anymore on the iphone, even when the app is in the foreground. If I make a skype call, I can now receive calls/IM for some time, even in the background. Is that a normal behavior ?
- taitems 16y agoI believe that in iOS, priority is given to recently used applications. When RAM dwindles, low priority applications are flat out killed. Source? This is going off my vague recollection of the background process flowchart PDF someone posted a while ago.
- christophe971 16y agoWow, I had no idea. Thanks for the info, I'll try to manage better the apps and see what happens.
- StavrosK 16y agoThis is my entirely unsupported understanding as well, but I've seen it happen when using backgrounder. On low memory conditions, background apps were killed.
- colombian 16y agoAnd Android is still left with a hardly usable app that can only be used on the Verizon network :(
- tensor 16y agoI don't understand. I downloaded skype on a nexus s using a canadian carrier without issue. It seemed to work fine. Is it somehow different for other android phones?
- david2777 16y agoYeah, Skype Mobile is for Verizon. This one works great for me. http://www.appbrain.com/app/skype/com.skype.raider http://www.appbrain.com/app/skype/com.skype.raider
- the1pato 16y agoNo, there is Skype for Android (which is available for any carrier), it's just "wifi only" in the U.S., but most people should be able to get their hands on the non-U.S. version if they know how to use google.
- axod 16y agoThe sheer suckiness of US networks never ceases to amaze. For a supposed 'technology' country it's amazing how backward they are, and just how much they have customers by the balls. And the customers don't seem to mind.
- stcredzero 16y agoWe mind. Some of us at least. (Which is why I ponied up for a Canadian iPhone 4, do not have a cellphone contract, and use a 4G mobile hotspot.)
- cmelbye 16y agoYou expect Android apps to run properly on every device?
- haydenchambers 16y agodoes it come with a built in filter to block out all the retards in the promo video?
- gabea 16y agoI just tried this out and it is awesome.