Skype Lite for Java and Android phones
Android phones will now have at least one edge over Apple’s iPhone: They’ll be able to make Skype calls. Announced today by Skype COO Scott Durchslag at the Consumer Electronics Show, the new Lite version of Skype will offer voice calling to other mobile or desktop versions of Skype, but doesn’t yet offer video calling. The Lite version of the popular VOIP (voice over IP) software also works on more than 100 Java-enabled phones from five handset manufacturers—LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. “Making the Skype experience available for download to Android-powered devices, as well as hundreds of other mobile phones from the world’s leading handset manufacturers is a major step forward for Skype,” said Scott Durchslag, COO of Skype.
“Nearly half the world’s population are mobile phone users today and we know that many people who already use Skype want the option to use Skype on their mobile phones. We are committed to working towards our goal of getting Skype into the pockets of the mobile masses.” Also today at CES, the eBay-owned company announced that the next version of its extremely popular Windows version, Skype 4.0 would launch in early February. The update to this software, which is used by over 370 million people worldwide, has been in beta since last spring. A third announcement made today at CES was the availability of Skype 1.0 Beta for Intel-based Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs). The company worked with Intel to develop a new mobile version of Skype for MIDs based on the Intel Atom processor and Moblin-based Linux OS.
Source: PC Magazine
Comments(10)
They should make skype lite for windows…
Using this since few days, working really well, but no calls yet here
fring for iphone does skype 3g/wifi too.
yeah i use fring and i make/recieve skype calls.
being able to make skype calls is not a plus. that said, what makes you think iphones can't make skype calls? there are sipp clients for iphones; there's just not that much demand for it anymore.
fring works perfect, just used it!
esp. for international calls it gives some good prices.
Oh snap. Fring already mentioned 5x. L2research before post, please.
pff, sucks big time. unlike fring, skype lite can NOT make calls via wifi, it calls a landline gateway instead. same for incoming calls, you have to pay with skype credit.
FOr those asking for skype lite ty skyper for business, it is much much lighter and it is kype official
http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/windows/business/
lol I've been using fring on my nokia for so long
it's cool cause it's free. I'm using it with google to make voip international calls, but not through 3G, wi-fi, cause it's free 