Get Skype for Android
The hot topic this morning is the release of the Skype app for Android. You can see posts from Lifehacker, Techcrunch, Gizmodo and the first out of the gate (that I saw) Android Police.
Skype for Android has been missing from the Market until today. Unfortunately it seems that Skype calls in the U.S. are WiFi only and the app is not available in the Android Market in China or Japan.
Most comments in the Android Market point to the large size of the app. 8mb download, 13mb to 14 mb installed. The size may not be much of a factor for someone with a Droid X or similar phone with 8gb internal storage, but many, many users are still sporting devices with mb size internal storage. The Skype app does not support app2sd. So you will not be able to put it on your SD card and still use it.
One commenter from Facebook had this to say:
This is seriously getting annoying that so many big-name applications are not relevant for early-Android adopters. I’m still on 1.6 and there is thus no chance short of rooting my phone and thus voiding my warranty of having access to my Skype account on the go.
Get Skype for Android
Android 2.1+ required
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