From our source from the top management of Nokia CR/SR, we learned an interesting news, which is not so surprising and could have been expected for a long time, but for Apple can really mean a lot. Microsoft these days it publishes Windows Phone 7.5 Tango, an operating system update Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, which should be the last before the upcoming new product Windows Phone 8. The WP 8 operating system will be available to the public this summer and, among other things, will also bring XNUMX% Skype integration directly into the operating system. Microsoft bought Skype, the company that operates the VoIP telecommunications network of the same name, for 8,5 billion US dollars and has barely used it to date.
Together with Windows Phone 8, however, we will see a big change and so far for the platform iOS and Android will continue to be Skype only as an app, a mobile operating system from Microsoftu will fully integrate Skype. The integration will be to such an extent that Microsoft will offer to send messages via Skype instead of classic SMS, just like it is currently the case with Apple, which if the counterparty is connected to the Internet and has an operating system iOS 5.0 and higher, automatically sends instead of classic SMS iMessage. The most important thing Applu is still missing, calls via the internet are possible, but only as FaceTime video calls. Microsoft will offer the possibility to organize Skype calls instead of a classic phone call, whenever the user allows it or it is possible. The integration will be so significant that if you are not limited by the FUL limit and you allow full use of Skype calls, you will basically not know whether you are calling using Skype or GSM. Of course, the phone will notify you of this, but the user will not have to launch any other application and can directly call or message their contacts using Skype.
The question is how MicrosoftWill you be able to deal with the FUP limits of the operators and whether you can convince them to increase or cancel them? Apple should thus prepare its own VoIP call options. So far, no one has any idea whether the protocol used by FaceTime is not really restricted to video calls due to licensing conditions and does not allow for a classic VoIP call due to licensing reasons. Whether he had Apple whether to invest approximately 150 billion crowns in Skype or not will become clear already this year.
That might stifle the operators a bit…
but it still depends on them how much they give us or in our case rather not give us FUP … because all information will no longer go through operators but through the internet …. whether you call, text, browse something, in the future it will only be through the internet and without operators and SIM cards … there will only be internet providers and there will be many of them so the price will be completely minismall …. and this is the first step towards the future …
The answer to the question of whether he had Apple investing in Skype is clear -> yes, I should. I don't know how others feel, but I don't even use Face Time iMessage I can't use it because I don't know anyone who uses it, most of my friends have stupid phones, or Windows Phone, few android and no one iPhone. So calling Face Time is impossible, calling Skype is very easy. Face Time has no future if it remains in its current state (i.e. closed and limited to only iOS and OS X) and Skype beats it without a problem. Besides, when I'm traveling somewhere, Skype runs in the background on my iPhone, it can be useful. But the FUP and mobile internet prices are tragic. I would be willing to pay 500 CZK per month for unlimited internet, for say 100 CZK per month a 10 GB limit would be adequate.
I suggest that now APPLE bought Viber .. It will be cheaper and it works the same .. And I don't want anything for that advice . :-)
I'd rather take skype than facetime :-)
Does anyone else use Skype? We tried FaceTime and Skype video calling, it's a fun novelty that got over us as quickly as we were surprised and excited by the functionality and smoothness of FaceTime. All in all, it's a dead nut that will never go beyond occasional entertainment. Apple can rest assured that he didn't buy Skype for himself. And for those Apple fans who can't live without Skype, we have iPhone Skype application and if that's not enough, they'll just buy a phone with WP8. So what? iPhone not everyone may have it. And its existence is definitely nestvideo calling.
Faramir: I use FaceTime with my girlfriend every day instead of calling. And other family members also have iDevices, so we can call each other without any problems. Skype has much worse picture and sound quality. ProWe almost don't use it at all. It's different on a desktop computer, we use Skype more there.
So what? Operators "secretly" count against iPhone (for uninformed people, instead, I recommend Android sellers sragory or WP, etcvaria with the fact that they themselves use it privately) and now WP will be added to that list :)
iMac: you're wrong, millions of kids play multiplayer games on their computers from morning till night and they have Skype to make phone calls and it's the best solution for them, they don't pay anything for it and they're always in touch and can make arrangements. What more could you want to make it possible for? youcardo you have a car? I use Skype on my Mac because Face Time is only on Mac and how many people around me have Macs? None, maxI have iPhones so Face Time makes no sense to me and I think I'm not alone so Skype is not shit
I'm personally glad that Skype belongs to MS. We'll see what they surprise us with iOS6.
Anyway lately Skype is pretty terrible and has forced me to start using Viber. I have to say that I am more satisfied. Voice quality is better and doesn't drop as often as Skype. I feel that Skype is overloaded. Management via Skype is sometimes several hours late for me. Or they will do something with the team, or when WP8 comes out it will be even worse.
I'm with a friend who also has one iPhone tried FaceTime and I have to say that the image and sound quality was incomparably better.
Now that I also have an iPad at home, I stopped using Skype. Of course I use FaceTime between iPhone and iPad when I want a picture, when I just use Viber for voice. Skype only when the other party does not have Viber.
whether we like it or not, skype has become almost synonymous with voip and Apple should forget about his pride for a moment and implement it into iOS... I know it's almost unrealistic, but WP team will get the doc
whether we like it or not, skype has become almost synonymous with voip and Apple should forget about his pride for a moment and implement it into iOS... I know it's almost unrealistic, but WP will gain a pretty big competitive advantage, which could decide which phone to buy for many people.
If possible, I use Face Time. When I was in Russia for work, Skype often crashed and I sometimes heard an echo when calling the Czech Republic. I had no problem with Face Time, the sound and image were much better... It was from an iPad on iphone … skype is not bad, but only when there is nothing else ;)
let microsoft Will they do something about the fup limits? I will thank them and will happily continue to use them. ios.
Skype has poor communication between the iPad and iphonem/ipod touch. It can be used from PC to PC or from Mac to PC, but from Mac to Mac, only Facetime.
adam: When playing online games for negotiation, no one uses skype on their mobile phone :-) but directly on the PC in which they play, usually with a headset on their head. We are all talking about something different. It is similar with the use of skype as a professional operator, as a rule, companies have connected computers, however, even here the application is fully sufficient and here the integration of Skype into the mobile OS can be an advantage. But we're still in such marginal numbers that it can't help any sales. If WP8 wants to gain traction, it has to be tens of millions more phones than the current one, at someone else's expense. But who? And thanks to what? Integrated Skype? It's probably not even a joke. Try to come to terms with yourself sometimes, to think about the reasons why Apple even Android so successful, like others. This is not a matter of one application, one successful OS version, or one phone model, or one year of work by even super good engineers.