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Skype Mobile, which still only works with Verizon thanks to a deal made earlier this February, can now connect over Wi-Fi. Odd, isn’t it? You’d think that Wi-Fi would have been an option from the start to relieve the U.S.’s best 3G network (in terms of coverage) of some strain. However, until now Skype had only worked over 3G and not Wi-Fi.
A minor update was pushed out last night for Skype for Android which should now allow users to initiate or receive calls while connected to a Wi-Fi network. Oddly, however, calls are not handled over Wi-Fi, but over Verizon’s 3G network. The only difference now is that calls can be made without having to disable Wi-Fi when it is turned on. Strange.
[Via: PhoneScoop]
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Marc Flores
Marc has been a mobile fanatic for the better part of a decade and has had more devices pass through his hands than he would care to count. Originally from Los Angeles and briefly in San Francisco, Marc now lives in Brooklyn where, unlike Will Park, he longs for simpler times and simpler technology. All the while, he writes about gadgets and wireless technology as he tinkers, hacks and ultimately breaks most of his gadgets in the process. Marc has written about the mobile industry for Boy Genius Report, MobileCrunch, Laptop Magazine and has had his work appear in the Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, CrunchGear and more.
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