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Skype drops its Windows Mobile app
Ok, ok. Don't freak out--it looks like this is just a step towards supporting the new Microsoft mobile operating system and not a move showing Skype is quiting MS-based phones altogether. Skype has pulled their app for Window Mobile, meaning new users will not be able to download it. Users with the software already installed will still be able to use it. According to GigaOm, it appears the reasons are that the software never quite achieved the best possible consistent user experience and Skype has grown tired of supporting it when they could be focusing on making a killer app for the Windows Phone 7 operating system.
"We felt that Skype Lite and Skype for Windows Mobile were not offering the best possible Skype experience," reads the Skype for Windows Mobile FAQ.
For now mobile Skype enthusiasts will have to look toward Verizon with their latest Skype integration deal or the iPhone app that runs over WiFi. As with these apps, it seems Skype is very focused on ironing out all the kinks before releasing a product to ensure the best user experience. Perhaps with the previous Windows app, they didn't feel they were living up to this goal.
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Comments
Posted by Antonio Carvalho | February 25, 2010 - 3:08pm
Very naive of the poster to think that Verizon is so concerned with "quality". After the deal with Verizon announced, Skype is holding the 3g enabled version for Skype and now pulls this with Windows Mobile. My trust with Skype is now ZERO. They are obviously lying and leaving customers behind while doing some dark business with Verizon
Posted by Harold Palmer | February 25, 2010 - 8:05pm
I think this is more about the collapse of Microsoft's Windows Mobile phone platform, rather than quality issues.
I think this will be the first high-profile company to abandon Windows Phone, as this Classic operating system has absolutely no future. There are already rumors that Adobe will be next to pull out of Windows Mobile.
I can understand Skype taking this step. Each software revision would cost money, and there's no longer any point spending on the out-going Windows Mobile.
Posted by Anonymous | February 26, 2010 - 9:25pm
I agree with the comment from Antonio Carvalho, but I guess he meant " Skype " in the firt line instead of " Verizon ", but probably it's true for both.
Not bad for the operator community though if all the OTT players become buddies.
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