{"id":12787,"date":"2011-01-26T13:40:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T17:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pocketpccentral.net\/newscenter\/2011\/01\/26\/bya-is-there-skype-for-windows-phone-7\/"},"modified":"2011-01-26T13:40:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T17:40:00","slug":"bya-is-there-skype-for-windows-phone-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/?p=12787","title":{"rendered":"BYA: Is There Skype for Windows Phone 7?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 8px 13px 2px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Sype for Windows Phone 7\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Sype for Windows Phone 7\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pocketpccentral.net\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/wp7skype.jpg\" width=\"175\" height=\"281\" \/>Unfortunately, no.&#160; <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/mzew6\">Skype<\/a> is available for a range of smartphone operating systems, most notably Android and the iPhone\u2019s iOS, but according to various reports, the folks at Skype are not planning to bring their popular VoIP software to Windows Phone 7 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/businesscenter\/article\/196360\/skype_to_focus_on_ipad_iphone_android_not_windows_phone_7.html\">anytime soon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Why?&#160; The company cites <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpcentral.com\/unofficial-skype-client-coming-windows-phone-7-homebrew\">issues<\/a> with the tools Microsoft has made available for Windows Phone software development, along with certain limitations of the OS with regard to multitasking and sockets support.&#160; <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Some so-called <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/showthread.php?p=10854528#post10854528\">\u2018homebrew\u2019 attempts<\/a> are being made to bring Skype to Windows Phone 7, but they\u2019re still in the early stages. Add to that the fact that company has been somewhat unfriendly to third-party developers (like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fring.com\/newsroom\/skypeblocksfring.asp\">Fring<\/a>) who have integrated Skype service into their apps in the past, and the outlook on this front isn\u2019t good.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Still, if Windows Phone grows in popularity and some of the OS restrictions are loosened, Skype might make a go of it at some point down the road.<\/p>\n<p>BYA: <a href=\"mailto:help@pocketpccentral.net?subject=Because%20You%20Asked\">You ask<\/a>, we answer.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/click-871827-10540936\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lduhtrp.net\/image-871827-10540936\" width=\"622\" height=\"77\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unfortunately, no.&#160; Skype is available for a range of smartphone operating systems, most notably Android and the iPhone\u2019s iOS, but according to various reports, the folks at Skype are not planning to bring their popular VoIP software to Windows Phone 7 anytime soon. Why?&#160; The company cites issues with the tools Microsoft has made available [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/?p=12787\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12787\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}