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Verizon quietly pushes Skype Mobile onto select non-smartphones

Posted on 18. Aug, 2010 by IBM. 

Back in February, Verizon Wireless made it quite clear what phones could be used with Skype Mobile, and the whole lot were smartphones. Sometime between then and now, however, it seems as if the carrier (or Skype… or both) has had a change of heart,…

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Adobe Air peer-to-peer video call concept Android app hands-on (video)

Posted on 24. Jul, 2010 by IBM. 

If you recall, a few days ago we stumbled upon a cheekily-named concept app (which has since been renamed for obvious reasons) from Adobe that does video-calling on Android. This is pretty rad considering it’s just Qik and Fring offering the same serv…

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Apple: iPhone 4 drops ‘less than one additional call per 100 than the 3GS’

Posted on 16. Jul, 2010 by IBM. 

It’s fairly obvious that the howls around the web for Apple to address this antenna issue has gotten underneath the skin of one Steve Jobs, and in a fashion that’s very much unlike Apple (or AT&T, for that matter), the aforesaid CEO has actually h…

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The Jimmy Fallon Test: is the iPhone 4 dropping fewer calls?

Posted on 25. Jun, 2010 by IBM. 

If you watched the most recent episode of The Engadget Show, then you know that Jimmy Fallon had a lot to say about the iPhone — particularly the fact that he’s been fed up with his 3GS’ dropped calls, and was planning a jump to an Android device on …

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No one to test FaceTime with? Call Apple.

Posted on 25. Jun, 2010 by IBM. 

Be it because you have no friends, or simply no friends with an iPhone 4, Apple’s got your back if you’re looking for a chum to test that curiously intriguing FaceTime feature. Just dial up 1-888-FACETIME (after cleaning yourself up a bit, of course) …

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Skype eager to work with Apple FaceTime, pretty much anyone else

Posted on 08. Jun, 2010 by IBM. 

We’re still playing the wait-and-see game when it comes to Skype on webOS and Windows Phone 7, but it looks as if to-be iPhone 4 owners won’t have to wait long before Skype-based video chatting becomes a reality… if Skype has its way, that is. Accor…

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Cellphones purportedly used more now for data, Gossip Girl blasts than calls

Posted on 14. May, 2010 by IBM. 

Ever notice how easy it is to find mobile plans with unlimited minutes these days? Yeah, it’s because they’re about as valuable as pea coats in the dead of summer. With more and more consumers disconnecting their landlines in favor of using their cellie for everything, the art of communicating via voice is also becoming lost. According to “government and industry data” cited in a New York Times report, the growth in voice minutes used by consumers has “stagnated,” with 2009 being the first year ever in which the “amount of data in text, email messages, streaming video, music and other services on mobile devices [in the US] surpassed the amount of voice data in cellphone calls.” Dan Hesse, Sprint’s head honcho, even chimed in with this nugget: “Originally, talking was the only cellphone application; now it’s less than half of the traffic on mobile networks.” We also learned that the average length of a mobile call was just 1.81 minutes in 2009, a drop from the 2.27 minutes per call seen in 2008, with many individuals feeling that other communication methods (email, SMS, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) were far less invasive of someone’s time, being that they could respond to those messages at their convenience. Of course, on the Upper East Side (where all the richies use Verizon dumbphones, apparently), we get the impression that yakking away about a cornucopia of drama is still the hotness.

Cellphones purportedly used more now for data, Gossip Girl blasts than calls originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 May 2010 18:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Verizon to allow unlimited Skype calling over 3G starting next month

Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by IBM. 

We may be way off base here, but we’re pretty sure the game just got upended. Days after AT&T appeased the masses by finally enabling 3G streaming over the iPhone’s SlingPlayer app, Verizon Wireless has delivered some big gargantuan news of its own. Starting next month, all Verizon Wireless customers with smartphones (and an accompanying data plan) will be able to make and receive unlimited Skype-to-Skype voice calls to any user in the world over its 3G network, which is something that AT&T users have been able to do since last autumn. Let us repeat that: VZW, which is known historically as one of the most controlling carriers in this great nation, is opening up its 3G network for limitless Skype calling. The forthcoming Skype Mobile application will also support Skype Out calling, instant messaging between Skype users and an ability to “remain always connected… to see friends’ online presence.” Nine smartphones will be compatible at launch (the full list is after the break), and we’re guessing that more will be added in due time. Giddy yet?

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Verizon to allow unlimited Skype calling over 3G starting next month originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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