Hands On: Skype for Android
A decent Skype client is finally available for Android devices, but there's work to be done.
Skype has had a love/hate relationship with mobile devices over the last few years, such as the rise of crippled Skype Lite clients and restrictions on 3G functionality. Things seemed particularly grim when Skype ditched its Windows Mobile client which, at the time, was the only Skype Mobile client that offered access to all of Skype’s features over wifi and mobile broadband.
Skype’s efforts for Nokia devices saw things start to turn around, yet the early Skype for iPhone client was pretty disappointing. Of course most of the issues were due to Apple’s limitations on the device. As Apple relaxed restrictions on multi-tasking and mobile broadband functionality, Skype responded with a respectable app for iOS4.0 which scores ticks in plenty of boxes.
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