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Skype for Droid X, Droid Incredible but not for Droid Evo?

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nu2android

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Just out of curiousity why is skype on those droid phones but not the Evo? I also noticed swype the kb everyone talks about but Evo users have to practically tweak and hack to get swype to work on their phones.

Just a curious question.
 
nu2android said:
Just out of curiousity why is skype on those droid phones but not the Evo? I also noticed swype the kb everyone talks about but Evo users have to practically tweak and hack to get swype to work on their phones.

Just a curious question.
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Skype is officially available for Verizon phones only...
 
"Droid" refers only to Verizon Android phones. It's their branding, but since it's the lion's share of the advertising for Android phones is from Verizon, it's caught on as shorthand for an Android phone. I get asked if my Evo is a Droid all the time. I don't bother correcting them any more.

As the other poster mentioned, Verizon has exclusive rights to Skype. Swype is licensed per manufacturer -- so Motorola has it on their phones as does Samsung, but HTC doesn't license it, so you have to get a hacked version for the Evo.
 
scl23enn4m3 said:
Why do people insist calling everything running android a 'Droid'? It's my latest pet peeve.
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The average person only knows what they hear in commercials or from what their friends (who don't know anything either) told them. Verizon capitalized on this first in the Android world so now we are stuck with it when dealing with the ignorant.
 
Cobravision said:
"Droid" refers only to Verizon Android phones.
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Nope. "Droid" is trademarked by Lucas films and is licensed by Motorola for their phone. Verizon doesn't have anything to do with it, other than the fact that they made a deal with Motorola to sell the phone.
 
I was waiting with bated breath for the inevitable George Lucas reference. :D

In any case, from what I have read, it is being theorized that the developer(s) of Swype is/are more interested in vendor sales than individual sales via Market. It makes sense from a business standpoint, and may explain why Swype is beginning to show up as standard on VZW Android devices.
 
I meant licensed instead of trademarked. But whatever. You want to split any more hairs?

Did Google tell you that Motorola licensed it too?
 
Tre Lawrence said:
In any case, from what I have read, it is being theorized that the developer(s) of Swype is/are more interested in vendor sales than individual sales via Market. It makes sense from a business standpoint, and may explain why Swype is beginning to show up as standard on VZW Android devices.
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It's not a theory. It's on the swype website FAQ, lol.
 
Cobravision said:
"Droid" refers only to Verizon Android phones. It's their branding, but since it's the lion's share of the advertising for Android phones is from Verizon, it's caught on as shorthand for an Android phone. I get asked if my Evo is a Droid all the time. I don't bother correcting them any more.

As the other poster mentioned, Verizon has exclusive rights to Skype. Swype is licensed per manufacturer -- so Motorola has it on their phones as does Samsung, but HTC doesn't license it, so you have to get a hacked version for the Evo.
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Pretty much, i even make my Evo say "Drrroooooooiiiiiiiiddddddd" for notifications. Makes people look at it all weird like "what kind of Droid is that" :D
 
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