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Skype for Windows Phone coming soon
Microsoft closed the Skype purchase back in October, but there is still no Skype app for Windows Phone, but the Skype team has said that they are working on the video calling app for WP and it will be out soon. 

In a recent interview from CES, Rick Osterloh, Skype vice president of products, went on record as saying that the team is working on a Windows Phone version and that it is "coming soon". As expected, there will also be the deeper integration with Windows products that Microsoft promised when the acquisition went through. Osterloh said that the team is working on products for Windows 8, Windows Phone, Xbox and Lync. Although reports do say that the deep integration will not be in the initial release of Skype for Windows Phone, but with the release of the next major WP update "Apollo". 

source: Venture Beat

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1. jacko posted on 15 Jan 2012, 22:50 5

google should of gotten skype not microsoft

3. Lucas777 posted on 15 Jan 2012, 23:52 3

google cant buy everything they feel like… they already have gtalk etc… this significantly boosts Microsoft's internet presence and allows them to have a standout feature on many of their products

4. Glim12808 posted on 15 Jan 2012, 23:53 1

Yeah google should have but didn't, Microsoft did, so just move on.

2. Stoli89 posted on 15 Jan 2012, 23:23 1

"Skype vice president of products, went on record as saying that the team is working on a Windows Phone version"...ya think?

MS owns Skype...if he didn't his @$$ would be in a sling.

5. Glim12808 posted on 16 Jan 2012, 00:10

That I can't download Skype in my WP7 is puzzling to me so I'm glad I can now soon do. Not that it matters much since I use Tango.

6. Leodrade posted on 16 Jan 2012, 00:10 1

About time! Especially because MS f**king owns Skype

7. Bluesky02 posted on 16 Jan 2012, 02:01

Skype will take time to come out. Perhaps on Apollo update. As this is not a standalone app. It is an integration in WP OS Itself.

8. nyamo posted on 16 Jan 2012, 06:37

i always wondered why they didn't release an app earlier. wth is going on when ms owns skype and they never bothered to make a timely release, granted 1st gen phones were lacking font cameras

9. MarloThaMartian posted on 16 Jan 2012, 13:52

Microsoft are quick at announcing things but slow at actually putting it out

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