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by Jonathan Downer Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:44 pm EDT

 For those of you holding your breath for a Skype application for the Pre, you may now resume normal breathing operations. Skype COO Scott Durchslag is stating that the company has decided to hold off on developing a Pre application, and instead are talking a "wait and see" approach.

We can't say that this is a *huge* surprise, considering they only just now got around to launching an official iPhone application, but it's a let down none-the-less. The silver lining in all this, is that third party applications will continue to be able to tap into skype, so I'm sure we'll see some form of the service on the Pre sooner or later. As far as a future Skype-branded application goes, that'll depend on both the success of the Pre, as well as Sprint's reaction to the possibility, says Durchslag.

What do y'all think of this development? Does Skype even matter, or is it more the principle? We've seen a few hints that developers are hesitant to begin working on the webOS platform, but there have been just as many who are eager to get going. Hopefully with the SDK starting to venture outside of its cave, we'll see some more developer excitement.

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Posted by Ka-Efka on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 2:33 am EDT

Well, I have Skype b3 on my Treo pro, and didn't find to much use for it so far. The MSN Application is superior for IM and file transfer, and the voice message feature is also very useful, not even to mention the massive size of the Skype application. So, my point, I really don't bother to have 4353,7 differently branded IM/VOIP applications on my phone in favour of one integrated one. And I think Palm will execute rather well on this with the pre.

Posted by valerian42 on Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:03 pm EST

I personally favor skype, it works very well with all the Voip Phone Systems I have tried it on and is easy enough to understand and navigate, a feature important for children and older people less adapt with technology. For example I keep in contact with all of my family across the world who are all of different ages with it.

Posted by dave3 on Wed, 24 Mar 2010 6:43 am EDT

Just read Skype will be available on Verizon this Thursday on the Android Central site. Does that include the Preplus