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  • 04.28.08
    Skype Testing Java-based Mobile Client on the go | (1)
    Skype recently announced the release of a Skype Mobile client for 'mass market mobile phones.' They already had a version that would run on Windows Mobile Pocket PCs and Smartphones, but this install works on virtually any one of 50+ Java-enabled phones. This public beta is meant to gauge interest in the new product and to fine-tune the client. As of right now, the Skype mobile beta offers SkypeIn service, which allows for incoming calls, in about 15 markets. The Skype outgoing service is offered in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Poland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. I would ...
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  • 04.05.08
    What’s in a Name? Skoogle Phone asides | (2)
    Yesterday I speculated about Google's potential deal to buy Skype and whether it may have implications for the Android handset. The story immediately became the most popular one I've ever written and made it to the front page of Digg with a lot of help from my friends. Big shout outs to everyone for the love! In the months prior to announcing the Android mobile phone platform many bloggers and industry folks called Android the Google phone. With the addition of Skype, a Digger called BlackIse jokingly called it the Skoogle phone. I think it's kind of catchy and want to ...
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  • 04.04.08
    Power Play: Android and Skype on the go | (40)
    Is Google getting ready to end the need for costly mobile phone minute plans and create a major upset in the mobile carrier industry? Their coming handsets could be game changing for giving users more power over their mobile handsets, but is Google could also be going after the carriers. This week Techcrunch broke news that Google and EBay are in talks about a Skype acquisition or partnership deal. Michael Arrington postulated that Google could be working to integrate their Grand Central, GTalk VOIP and other Voice services such as Google 411 to the Skype community. These services are all complimentary ...
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