Skype seems to have been static for the last few years. Which is surprising because 'skyping' is as much an everyday word for web-calling as 'googling' is for search. It's been under appreciated.
That just reflects the fact that you probably don't operate in a workplace where it isn't clear what mode of communication is meant when someone sets up a "call." At my multinational, explicitness is requisite since the requester could mean POTS-to-POTS (legacy PBXes), VOIP-to-POTS (Nortel softphone for the VOIP, connecting to older PBXes), VOIP-to-VOIP (Asterisk), Skype-to-Skype, or Skype-to-Voice (via VoSky).
When someone says "let's Skype" in my world, they either mean Skype-to-Skype (which is implicit if they are in your Skype contacts) or Skype-to-VOIP using one of our VoSky appliances that's tied into our PBXes. The verb "to call" is almost meaningless these days.
Or maybe he operates in a workplace where you can just pick up the phone at your desk and not worry about the implementation details of the underlying telephony infrastructure.
That was the point. I don't think there are any UCS platforms that encompass all possible good options, though, and people will always find ways to connect via the most direct endpoints jointly available.
really? crap, i must've misread something then. my fault. looks like you can use skype on most android phones anyway, though, just not as easily/freely as on verizon.
regardless, though, i think my original point still stands. skype hasn't been stagnant, they're making some moves.
> looks like you can use skype on most android phones anyway, though, just not as easily/freely as on verizon.
Serious question: any idea how? Everything I've read says it's limited to Verizon handsets, even when trying to install the .apk manually. I'd love to have Skype on my Vibrant.
