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Skype integration in Windows Phone coming our way

15 January, 2012 | Read the news | Post your comment
Skype integration in Windows Phone coming our way - read the full textSkype for Windows Phone, along with Skype for Windows 8 and Xbox, is coming soon, says Skype's VP of Products, Rick Osterloh. Although it's been eight months since Microsoft acquired Skype, we still haven't seen proper Skype integration in Windows Phone or even a Skype app for the...

 

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> In reply to Nokia Fanboy PRO @ 2012-01-16 07:51 from kJq6 - click to readThey are out to sell their software to who ever wants it the way they want it to be use. If they were a hardware manufacturer like Samsung or HTC then they can do that. The quality of the OS system is what will attract hardware manufacturers not the apps.

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  • 2012-01-19 12:32
  • ICD@

> In reply to Android Fanboy HD @ 2012-01-16 11:35 from t1$E - click to readBeware that google is just a kid in the game. Beware that They are also building their services on nokia and apple platforms. That is why Andriod OEM have to pay all that patent fees. I the world of business you don't work in isolation.

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  • 2012-01-19 12:25
  • ICD@

> In reply to Hate WP7 @ 2012-01-17 02:31 from QXPx - click to readwhat do you need all the empty space for

The tiles on wp7 are really cool it is because you haven't try one. check it out you will like it better than icons.

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  • 2012-01-19 12:08
  • ICD@

> In reply to Hate WP7 @ 2012-01-17 02:31 from QXPx - click to readAllright. nobody asked you to buy wp7 phones kid, go out and play with your shiny iBrick.
Jeez... get a life. stop whining.

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  • 2012-01-17 19:05
  • uuhp

End of another baetiful service. R.I.P skype murdered by microsoft

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  • 2012-01-17 07:06
  • P@T$

> In reply to Linux @ 2012-01-16 13:54 from n98p - click to readThat's just lame on so many levels:

1.
If you're a business running important enterprise applications, you want software that's backed by solid, reliable support (even if you have to pay for it) and not some community-supported open source forum where no one is legally bound to fix your issues.
Open source is good for geeky people who like to mess around; not for everyone.

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When it comes to Mobile OSes, it gets even crazier: "open" doesn’t mean anything at all for the end user – it only means manufacturers and carriers can get creative with it.

Android is supposedly open, but unless you own a Nexus, you're pretty much bound by the updates Samsung or HTC or SE decide to push to you. That's not really open for me!
And it gets worse: because the s/w is "open", they're not paying Google for it, and therefore Google doesn’t need to care about you getting the updates at all!

On the other hand: because WP7 is a proprietary, licensed product from Microsoft, you’re actually PAYING for it (so yeah it costs a bit more) but then MS is legally bound to the manufacturers to update the devices.

Sometimes open is good, but in the Mobile world…its NOT!
(And don’t get me started on rooting your phone and whatever – rooting is a workaround and applicable for ALL phones if you know how to do it. Not an actual advantage of open source to be able to root your phone)

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  • 2012-01-17 05:06
  • tRnj

> In reply to Android Fanboy HD @ 2012-01-16 11:58 from t1$E - click to readAgree. I just hate the big tiles and big huge text. Wasting such much spaces! We are using a phone mind you MS, not using a 32" TV!!

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  • 2012-01-17 02:31
  • QXPx

> In reply to Linux @ 2012-01-16 13:54 from n98p - click to readWhat's wrong with proprietary software..

Trying to advise people to not buy proprietary software is very lame..
Open source is not everything..

Let's quality speak for itself..

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  • 2012-01-16 16:53
  • Kxq3

Support OPEN SOURCE software, don't buy proprietary cr.. please...

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  • 2012-01-16 13:54
  • n98p

> In reply to [deleted post]Please stop talking crap

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  • 2012-01-16 13:39
  • i5BK

> In reply to Groover1971 @ 2012-01-15 21:42 from ImEs - click to readI have htc hd2 and i thought there was no skype for it.
Robert Lichota

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  • 2012-01-16 13:32
  • miZk

> In reply to [deleted post]IM not against their windows pc os..but their wp7 really sucks!

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  • 2012-01-16 11:58
  • t1$E

> In reply to Nokia Fanboy PRO @ 2012-01-16 07:51 from kJq6 - click to readThink if google pulls out all its services from nokia and ios? LOL.everybody will get forced towards android only..it could make bigger impact than what ms can do.but that seems just dirty.

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  • 2012-01-16 11:35
  • t1$E

> In reply to Anon @ 2012-01-16 10:53 from tAGS - click to readHopefully they won't, and still keep the standards of Tango and Apollo in check. Eff super high-specs if you can't have a decent user experience with your smartphone.

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  • 2012-01-16 11:19
  • PF5p

Apollo will run perfectly fine on a single core phone, just like Windows 7 operates without a problem on an Atom chip. The App market could become somewhat fragmented, but only as far as gaming is concerned (this is an openGL problem more than anything).
In my opinion, MS are more likely to keep the core features of the WP operating platform intact and update the code to accommodate newer processors and higher resolution screens, than they are to fragment the crap out of the OS like google has done with android.

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  • 2012-01-16 10:53
  • tAGS

> In reply to [deleted post]I have windows 7 ultimate on pcs and have none what so ever problems with virus or anything i over a year. No malware and spyware either. windows phone is far safer than android, only symbian is safer.

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  • 2012-01-16 10:52
  • 3LV{

> In reply to Nokia Fanboy PRO @ 2012-01-16 07:51 from kJq6 - click to readMS is selling software not hardware... and they want to sell as much of it as they can.. so limitting skype to WP would be a bad choice..

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  • 2012-01-16 09:27
  • d@b1

MS should make Skype exclusive to WP. Pull out the support on Android and iOS and force people to buy WP devices if they reallt want Skype.

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  • 2012-01-16 07:51
  • kJq6

> In reply to Johan @ 2012-01-16 05:43 from mvDI - click to readHave not heard this announced yet but I really hope you're right - that would be great!

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  • 2012-01-16 07:31
  • Kg{X

Glad to be able to finally use Skype in my WP7, not that it matters much since I use Tango.

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  • 2012-01-16 07:25
  • Kg{X
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