Skype at the Mobile World Congress announced that users with Windows Phone-smartphones per direct Skype download for their phone. It is going to be a b lwa ta app that includes free video calling supports.
The Skype beta app for Windows Phone allows users to make free calls to other Skype users, with or without video. That made Skype Sunday known. The calls can be conducted via wi-fi, 3g or 4g. In addition, it supports the application, the instant messaging function of Skype, that also during a video call to use. The messaging system is not limited to one-on-one conversations; users can also send messages to groups.
The app is available for free in the Windows Phone Marketplace. Skype points out that users must have Windows Phone 7.5 or higher the application can use. Skype announces six devices have been tested and states that the Skype app on these devices optimally. Or there are also devices tested that did not pass the quality test of Skype, it mentions the company not in the blog post. Of the by Skype ‘certified’ devices are the Nokia Lumia 710 and 800, HTC Titan and the HTC Radar are available in Europe.
The arrival of Skype for Windows Phone is no surprise. Microsoft took over Skype in the spring of 2011 and saw that acquisition then be approved by the U.s. Federal Trade Commission, and the European Union. Not long after, stopped Skype with bundling Google software with the Skype application for pc. At the beginning of February, it was announced that Skype was testing a Skype app for Windows Phone, which, according to The Verge on the MWC announced it would be.
Introductory video made by Skype about the possibilities of Skype for Windows Phone