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Redesigned Skype 5.0 for iPhone Launching Today
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I haven't used my Skype account in over three years, I don't even remember my username, let alone my password.
cool story, bro
I removed the current app and installed the new one and it is working fine.
Looks pretty nice, yea it is a microsoft app but keep your mind open Bros hehe
It's the thing like Facetime, but Apple didn't shut it off on my phone.
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Let's see, their hideous design ability first reared its head in the 1980s.....and it still sucks. So, keep hoping!
dumastudetto. This guy would be the first in line with a defense like this:
"Apple is right for doing this. They care about us and we should support them by purchasing more products so they introduce more features for the loyal customers who love Apple. Besides, who wants to talk to someone that doesn't use Apple products?. Only Apple users understand what a quality user experience is."
Skype-LMAO, can't make decent calls to Indonesia, Viber has little problems, that says enough.
Used to be reasonable/good but it's just rubbish now.
Used to be reasonable/good but it's just rubbish now.
Ah sorry I didn't spot the "for me" part. I thought you were just saying "Facetime is better"
Skype + Whatsapp / Viber are better than Facetime + iMessage, someone here once said Apple suck when it comes to services. I agree.
Keane is simply stating facts. I've used both Skype and FaceTime a LOT talking to Asia.
There was a time, maybe three years ago, when Skype had great audio. But then they changed their protocol in some way, and ever since they have been MUCH more susceptible to audio dropouts than FaceTime. They both sound great on high quality US networks, but FaceTime is simply much more robust when the remote network is not great.
There is a second, MASSIVE, problem with Skype for iOS, which is that it is an energy vampire. Anyone who tells you their iPhone doesn't last long enough probably has Skype as the culprit. The problem is not when the app is active, it's that it burns so much power when it is doing god knows what as a background app.
MS has known about this for at least two years --- you can read plenty of online complaints about the issue --- and has done nothing to resolve the problem in two years. I see no mention of energy efficiency in the release notes.
(Personally I think Apple's single biggest reason for providing per-app energy usage in iOS8 was that Skype is the app they want to shame, the app that makes Apple look bad because it is on so many iPhones, making them all look like they have bad battery life. I am unaware of ANY other app that is both extremely widespread AND that wastes noticeable amounts of energy while running in background.
It will be interesting to see what people report when iOS8 comes out.)
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You forgot to use commonly slung words like "abomination" and similar. I also think your guess is too positive. You need a sentence or two that bashes all other phones. Maybe a "Die _____, Die!" reference too? There should also be a 99.9% reference. Here's my cut at it...
"Apple is absolutely brilliant for doing this. They care about us and this is the best way to guarantee an exceptional user experience that just works. No other phone experience comes close. I had to use my friends ________ phone the other day and the quality was far inferior a complete abomination. It's stupid to even try to communicate with anything other than an iPhone. 99.9% would be much better off with an iPhone than a _________. I told my friend this and had to toss his _______ phone in the toilet to make him consider replacing it with an iPhone. My friend is usually pretty smart but he's dumb as rocks about this one. Die ____________, die."
When someone pushes back with some objective info that shows ______ phone delivers better voice quality, bash them and call them trolls. However, if the evidence piles up a bit that ________ is better, go with the usual of either trying to change or twist the subject or fall back to the good old "but which single phone is the most profitable" line.
Did I miss anything?
Truth. You pretty much have to kill off any push notifications with Skype or background refresh or it'll kill your phone. Then the usefulness of the app is removed.
I'd say Skype's BIG strength is the interconnection with the traditional phone system. I find that really convenient for calling other countries from my iMac and even, occasionally, from my iPhone.
I'd like for Apple to provide similar infrastructure, but I imagine they reckon the payoff from this is not worth pissing off the telcos. And, let's face it, while that inter-connectivity is useful today, it's a declining source of revenue: every year there are going to be fewer people you can't connect to via a VOIP service rather than a traditional phone number.
I wouldn't be TOO quick to dismiss FT as a cross-platform service.
- Apple claimed that was a goal when they released it (though obviously they've done nothing about that since then)
- it obviously IS a limitation to the service that it's not cross platform
- they're still willing to provide other services as cross platform, not just iTunes but even the newest cloud stuff.
My guess is the decision hasn't been made yet and remains in limbo. They're still considering the balance of how much it costs to provide the service (some underlying Apple infrastructure is needed), the win of more AppleIDs (require everyone who uses it, even on Android/Linux/Windows to have an AppleID and get them one step into the Apple eco-system?), and, my guess is THIS is the big one --- pissing off the telcos.
In the US this may not matter so much --- they're probably resigned themselves that voice is never going to make any more money for them --- but voice may still be a hot issue in plenty of other countries, especially since most countries have never had the US' tradition of an expectation of more-or-less free voice (that is, you pay something per month, but mostly don't bother tracking per minute, whether it was local calls in the old days, or large baskets of minutes plus free nights and weekends plus free to others on the same network of cellular).
My guess is that, for now, Apple is content to let others --- Skype most obviously fight this battle and establish the precedent. Once they feel they can move without much carrier anger, at that point (bit no sooner) they'll reconsider the issue.
You're actually on to something here. Coincidentally, NPR ran a story about this this morning, against a set of services and ISPs. The results, relative to Skype:
WhatsApp is worse. They revealed users phone numbers in clear text.
There is more that can be said about other services, including Apple, but that is for another thread.
BL.
Ugh. I wanted to like this. I really did.
I deleted old Skype and installed new one.
So far I can't find a way to delete conversations, you can no longer edit a message after you send it, only delete it, and I STILL don't get group chat notifications when the phone is locked or Skype isn't open. And it's riddled with bugs. I've had 4 crashes in the last hour, there is a weird void that pops up when dismissing the keyboard, and switching between conversations is laggy as heck because it tries to reorder them on the fly.
Granted I'm on an iPhone 4, but it annoys me how each version of Skype gets progressively worse. I just want to receive my group chat messages when they come in, not thirty minutes later. Is that too much to ask, Skype?!
I deleted old Skype and installed new one.
So far I can't find a way to delete conversations, you can no longer edit a message after you send it, only delete it, and I STILL don't get group chat notifications when the phone is locked or Skype isn't open. And it's riddled with bugs. I've had 4 crashes in the last hour, there is a weird void that pops up when dismissing the keyboard, and switching between conversations is laggy as heck because it tries to reorder them on the fly.
Granted I'm on an iPhone 4, but it annoys me how each version of Skype gets progressively worse. I just want to receive my group chat messages when they come in, not thirty minutes later. Is that too much to ask, Skype?!
Hating MS
I hated them because they were 10 years ahead of Apple in annoying their customers. Unfortunately Apple is catching up.
I hated them because they were 10 years ahead of Apple in annoying their customers. Unfortunately Apple is catching up.
Still "No Longer Available!"
Do I need to delete & do a new install?
It's now 11:29 am here in CA and this thing still won't update?
Do I need to delete & do a new install?