“We are making sure Skype is with you wherever you are and mobile will be the place where that happens as smartphones get more powerful.” “Mobile is going to be big for Skype,” says Osterloh. With video calling representing 40 percent of all Skype calls, Osterloh says that adding the functionality made sense to expand Skype’s use. Rick Osterloh, VP of Consumer Products for Skype, tells us that the company has been working for awhile to develop video capability in the app. Calls can also be made between devices using the new Skype for iPhone app and desktops including Skype for Windows, Skype for Mac, Skype for Linux and ASUS Videophone. Users can receive video chat on the 3rd generation iPod touch and iPad. The new version of the iPhone app is compatible with the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and 4th generation iPod touch with i0S 4.0 or above. iPhone 4 users have the ability to use either the front facing camera or the back camera. Skype’s iPhone app, which was one of the top five free iPhone apps in 2010, allows users to simply turn on the video feature to activate video chat. Skype also says that the app allows users to video chat over both 3G and WiFi networks, allowing users to access the feature across a variety of connections. Of course, iPad owners won’t be able to initiate a video call, but these users can receive any video chats from contacts. The beauty of the app is that it brings free video calling to iPhone 3G devices, iPad and iPod Touch, all of which couldn’t run Apple’s video calling feature Facetime (the feature only works with iPhone 4 devices and Mac computers). The company is launching a brand new version of its iPhone app that includes the ability to turn on video in any Skype chat.
We’ve been hearing reports that Skype is debuting a mobile video chat service and D-Day has arrived.
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