BusinessInsider is reporting that Skype is planning to acquire mobile video sharing service Qik for a whopping $100 million.Qik is available on all major mobile platforms including iPhone , Blackberry , Symbian , Android. The company has a great relationship with Handset makers and Carriers.The company announced 5 million users last month.
Facetime on the iPhone / iPod Touch finally has a new friend – Video Calling through Skype. Today Skype has released version 3.0 of it’s iPhone app which brings the much expected video calling functionality to the iPhone 4 Continue reading “Skype for iPhone gets Video Calling”
Nimbuzz is a popular IM client for PC and Mobile. Nimbuzz posted in their official blog that they have removed the Skype support. Nimbuzz told that the folks at Skype asked them to remove their service. The same thing happens with Fring also. Skype is now removing its support for third party apps. Nimbuzz said Continue reading “Nimbuzz removes Skype support”
Skype had shown off Multitasking on iOS4 during an Apple event few months ago but we never had the chance to get the updated app so far. Today Skype for iOS4 is available from the App Store.
Continue reading “Skype update brings iOS 4 multitasking , no extra charges for calls over 3G”
One of the apps missing from the Android Market is the official Skype app. This might change this year year when Skype launches an Android App to end users. And the best part of the news is that Skype for Android will come with Video Calling. SkatterTech had a chance to meet the Skype team and discuss regarding the same.
Continue reading “Skype to launch Android App with Video Calling this year ?”
Nokia and Skype have teamed up to offer Skype to over 200 million Symbian phone users worldwide. The application works over WiFi and Mobile Networks such – GPRS/EDGE/3G. Its available for download from the Nokia Ovi Store Continue reading “Download Skype for your Nokia Symbian phone now”
Fring was the first to announce mobile internet video calls on Symbian S60 phones . It added support for iPhone/iPod touch devices
The company was also successful in bringing 3G Video calls . Now the good news from the folks at Fring is that they have announced a new version and support for more devices such as the Nokia E72 and E75
Skype has reported that they will release a new version of Skype for iPhone which will support 3G calling as well. Continue reading “Skype for iPhone with 3G support coming out very soon?”
Nimbuzz, one of my favourite Chat application has released a new Symbian Client which now includes Twitter as well. This update makes Nimbuzz one of the most comprehensive Social Networking application that we have ever seen on Symbian Platform. Along with VoIP calls, Instant Messaging and file sharing with almost all the popular social networks like Google Talk, Skype, MSN Messenger, AIM, Facebook Chat etc plus presence, profiles and location, the client now has Twitter as well. Continue reading “Nimbuzz adds a Twitter Client. Gets a Refreshing UI”
Most of us would have used Skype on the Desktop either for chatting or for Client calls or just talking to your family when you are away.
You can now use it from your Symbian phone without having to logon to your desktop. (Skype via Fring/ Nimbuzz has been around for quite sometime. This is official and supports Skype out calls too)
Skype have announced a beta version of their Symbian application today and it has a lot of features and comes close to the desktop version.
What does it mean if Skype buys Gizmo Project? This is a huge deal for the VOIP industry. It is a big deal for something that keeps going thorough my mind “The next Billion” (meaning the next billion people to get mobile phones and get on the mobile web). The first thing that came to mind when I heard about this potential acquisition is interoperability with Truphone.
If Skype buys Gizmo Pr0ject this means they would start using the SIP standard as far as I understand. Using SIP means that Skype would suddenly be interoperable with services like Google Chat (including video and voice chat), Truphone, and many of the other VOIP services. Continue reading “What does Skype buying Gizmo Project mean for Truphone and the next Billion”
Nimbuzz recently launched a S60V5 edition of their messenger application to support 5800 and the upcoming N97. For the uninitiated people, Nimbuzz is an IM / VoIP application that supports Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, ICQ, AIM, GoogleTalk, Facebook, MySpace, Jabber etc. The appearance and UI of this application looks a lot similar to the the Fring Application but feature wise, this application has more features as compared to Fring. However like Fring, Nimbuzz Application is also completely free to download and use.
Though there are a lot of mobile applications for chat, only few currently support Nokia 5800. Therefore I thought, why not make a list of applications which supports Nokia 5800 and also supports multi IM networks.
Here is a list of 3 such applications which has 5800 support and also caters to all the prominent IM Networks like GTalk, Skype, Yahoo, MSN etc.
Initially when the Skype App was launched for iPhone, we covered it with a good review along with a huge number of screenshots.
It was obvious that the application would be successful and there were many good reviews of the application and iPhone users across the globe appreciated the application which works using a local Wi Fi hot-spot. Continue reading “Skype for iPhone – A BIG HIT!”
The iPhone App for Skype is official !
We got our hands on the Skype App for the iPhone
Its currently available in the Denmark App store on iTunes..
You can now make calls over Wi-Fi or GPRS all over the world ! for free if its withing skype or using skype credits if u want to call landlines ! This move is a great news of ipod users who would like to use their ipod as a phone .. well with the ability to make calls – you ipod is nearly a phone !
you can update your skype profile and even take a photo and attach it !
Check out the screenshots for more !
The App is a FREE download from the iTunes app store ..
