Skype Mobile Available On Select Verizon Wireless Smartphones

Skype Mobile Available On Select Verizon Wireless Smartphones

Posted by Troy D. Brown on March 29th, 2010

Last week at CTIA in Las Vegas Verizon Wireless and Skype announced that Skype services would be made available on nine Verizon Wireless smartphones over their 3G network. This is a major step as consumers and businesses continue to try to cut cost of conducting business worldwide and make themselves more accessible at a lower cost. �

Skype mobile gives Verizon Wireless 3G smartphone users with data plans a simple new way to stay in touch with friends, family and business colleagues around the corner and around the world while on Verizon Wireless� network.

Skype mobile users can:

Make and receive unlimited Skype-to-Skype voice calls to any Skype contact around the globe;
Send and receive unlimited instant messages with other Skype users;
Manage the Skype contact list directly from the mobile application; and
Call international phone numbers at competitive Skype calling rates.

Customers need a Verizon Wireless smartphone and data plan to use Skype mobile. Skype-to-Skype calls will not be charged against their monthly minute allowances or data plans. Customers can visit www.skype.com to purchase Skype Credit to make Skype Out calls and make calls to international landline or mobile numbers.

Compatible smartphones at launch include:

BlackBerry Storm 9530

BalckBerry Storm2 9550

BlackBerry Curve 8330

BlackBerry Curve 8530

BlackBerry 8830 World Edition

BlackBerry Tour �9630

Motorola DROID

HTC DROID ERIS

Motorola DEVOUR

If you are a Verizon Wireless customer with a smartphone listed above you can text �SKYPE� to 2255 to receive a download link for Skype. In addition, Android customers can download the app from Android Market.

Have you tried Skype on Verizon Wireless� network yet? If so let us know what you experience was like.

Posted in Android, BlackBerry, Verizon

Tags: Skype, Verizon Wireless

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http://www.telenav.com Mary Beth Lowell

I’ll be interested to see feedback from users – it’d be great for overseas use. Personally, I don’t see big value for domestic use when most long distance calls are included in many phone plans – especially with smartphones. As an aside, a friend of mine recently told me her Skype account was hacked. I’ve been nervous to use it ever since. Any idea how often this happens?
Troy D. Brown

@Mary Beth: Skype can be a solution even for domestic calls if you are on the $2.95 unlimited plan. You are able to make and receive calls without it touching your cellular minutes which is why this has been so long in the making. Carriers will lose some revenue from allowing customers to make calls via a data plan.

I use Skype to make international calls and also receive them. I have family in Europe and have setup local numbers for them to reach me at no cost to them and a cost to me of only $30 a year.

As for security, Skype is as secure as any other online site. The issue with hacking is honestly a users fault. They either choose a simple password or fall for a phishing scheme which compromises security.
Kohmstedt

This is great news but what about all the other users Worlwide who do not use Verizon carrier? This is a real bummer particularly since a bunch of other smartphones can use skype irrespective of their carrier.
Troy D. Brown

Hopefully other carriers will adopt this soon. I know many iPhone users are waiting for Skype over 3G on AT&T

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