Skype video call for Asus ePad?
Any idé how to make a skype video call with ePad?
V1rus9r said:
Skype video call for Asus ePad?
Any idé how to make a skype video call with ePad?
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You can't, and probably never will be able to, now Microsoft have bought Skype.
That sawks, why did i bought a ePad if this cam is useless
Don't u think any developer gonna do something wit it? debugging the skype system file?
It's not useless. Lots of other apps use the camera. The whole world doesnt revolve around Skype you know. Have a search.
Yes, is true.But all of my contacts use mostly skype to communicate with each other
Btw,Gtalk work with cam? for Asus ePad.
Of course.
stuntdouble said:
You can't, and probably never will be able to, now Microsoft have bought Skype.
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Actually, there is a beta Skype for Android with video. I don'tshare your opinion that Microsoft will kill any enhancements for Skype. Incidentally, th y do have a Bing app that is quite good.
If nothing else, MS buying Skype will give Skype a lot of resurces that they did not have. The N900 has had Skype video for over a year and the ANdroid beta is pretty much based on that Maemo one.
The best thing about the MS/Skype is that you will see conferencing and othe rgoodies in Outlook, Office and many other products.
Ah well that's up to you, but it makes perfect business sense for MS to use it as a selling point for their own WP7 handsets, so i highly doubt it will ever see a full release on android. Yes you're right though, there was a beta out ages ago for it. Anyway... time will tell... we shall see.
V1rus9r said:
Yes, is true.But all of my contacts use mostly skype to communicate with each other
Btw,Gtalk work with cam? for Asus ePad.
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just because you want video skype doesnt make it high priority for them. heh
i use gtalk for video chat. works adnroid to android or adroid to pc aswell
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Where is this Skype Video Beta for Android you talk about
Evostance said:
Where is this Skype Video Beta for Android you talk about
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1031944
Is there an alternative Android with Windows App video call over wifi for TF?
Skype is so slow to put their stuff on mobile devices is unbelievable.
Here's a video to make us go nuts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsX_VQ-bzAs
AcidCool2K said:
Is there an alternative Android with Windows App video call over wifi for TF?
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Google Talk!
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Dave
The only video calling app under the sun that works for all of Android, iPhone, and Desktop right now is Yahoo Video Chat. That is it, all nada.
All other apps only work with some combination of 2 or 3 of the above, or are voice only.
Android has never been a priority for Skype, for god only knows what reason. They would rather develop for IOS even though it has fewer devices, even though they distribute their app for free.
How about ooVoo?
brunes said:
The only video calling app under the sun that works for all of Android, iPhone, and Desktop right now is Yahoo Video Chat. That is it, all nada.
All other apps only work with some combination of 2 or 3 of the above, or are voice only.
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This isn't entirely true. You can use Google Talk's Video Chat on all three, but on iOS devices and earlier Android versions (pre-GB) you have to use a third party app called Vtok. Not perfect, but it works. I should admit that I don't use video chat really ever, so I can't comment on the quality, etc
javroch said:
This isn't entirely true. You can use Google Talk's Video Chat on all three, but on iOS devices and earlier Android versions (pre-GB) you have to use a third party app called Vtok. Not perfect, but it works. I should admit that I don't use video chat really ever, so I can't comment on the quality, etc
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Google Talk's video chat does not work on the desktop unless the person you are trying to call just happens to magically be logged into GMail. This is because their desktop app for whatever crazy reason does not have video chat support, only GMail does.
Can you tell I am frustrated? The thing that gets my goat so much is that MSN Messenger is one of the most widely used video chat apps in the world, that is what everyone I know runs and uses - yet they have NEVER made an Android or iPhone video chat client in the past 4 years. Heck they don't even have one for Windows Mobile or Windows Phone 7! And people wonder why Microsoft is always lagging behind - they don't even know how to keep up with the mobile marketplace.
Again, from my experience the only widely used one that works on all 3 is yahoo chat. oooVoo has clients but I honestly have never tried it because trying to find others with an ooVoo account is like finding a needle in a haystack.
brunes said:
Google Talk's video chat does not work on the desktop unless the person you are trying to call just happens to magically be logged into GMail. This is because their desktop app for whatever crazy reason does not have video chat support, only GMail does.
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And in order to initiate video chat via Skype with someone on the desktop, you have to magically install a bloated Skype client application, open it, and hope that Skype isn't currently down.
I don't understand your complaint. Using Gmail as your primary client for instant messaging/voice chat/video chat on the desktop means you don't have to install any extra applications, and their service is way more reliable than Skype. And if you don't want to be stuck with having to manually log into Gmail every time you open your browser, you can set the browser to automatically open Gmail and log you in. It's no different from any other set of chat protocols, it's just been engineered to live inside the browser so that Google wouldn't have to write a separate application for each operating system. This is why Google abandoned further development on the official Google Talk client; it's just unnecessary when the browser is capable of the same thing.
You know what else makes Gmail better than anything else? As long as you're on a desktop computer, you get free outgoing calls to anywhere in the United States.
earlyberd said:
And in order to initiate video chat via Skype with someone on the desktop, you have to magically install a bloated Skype client application, open it, and hope that Skype isn't currently down.
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Er....
Typically, if a bunch of people you know like to be able to video call each-other, they will all have an application installed. If Skype is installed it sits in the tray, always. A contact can initiate a call with you any time.
With GTalk, they'd have to open a chat session, and get you to go to gmail, etc etc. It really is very sub-optimal. I don't know why Google has not added video to their desktop client, there have been bugs for it for YEARS now.
The browser is great for a lot of things, but one of the things it can't currently do properly is run background daemon-type applications that should be available 24/7, such as a messenger client.
You know what else makes Gmail better than anything else? As long as you're on a desktop computer, you get free outgoing calls to anywhere in the United States.
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I do use GMail for this as well, but this is a total side conversation and really has nothing to do with the task at hand. As well, this is another feature that should be in the desktop client.
Hi There,
Why is it still not possible to have video calls with MSN contacts on android? I know there are possibilities like Skype which I like but most of my contacts are using Windows Live Messenger on their PC.
I read somewhere that this is due to a restriction by Microsoft. If this is true, isn't it possible for the great devs here to develop a workaround? This is the only feature I am really missing on android.
Thanks for your answers
Video chat on live messenger
I am really looking for this too, but to no avail. Skype works perfectly, why not Windows live messenger, with so many great developers in here(no sarcasme intended) there must be a workaround. Allthough i'm using a SGN it should be the same app.
I don wanna use chunky BB just because my boss uses BBM.
Save mee
Tell him to start using WhatsApp!
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Is there any chance that BBM will come to Android OS?
dude, whatsapp is better but you must wait when you will the Black berry Messenger it's not out know i've googled it ^^
guys I know, whatsapp is better. even chaton is better.
but the boss just sticks to bbm, so if bbm will come to android, i won't have to buy a BB (actually my company buys) otherwise I will have to carry 2 phones thats why I'm asking.
you can try ChatOn. it can be usig iphone, blackberry, bada, android and web.
WhatsApp can be used on all platforms aswell
having to use BB just for the BBM most be frustrating. Explain him that there are other messaging services that are better.
It's all to do with critical mass, that's why people are using Facebook.
We now have a choice of a few good push Over The Top (OTT) instant messaging services now.
1. Beep from IM+ - I personally like their app on Android.
2. WhatsApp
3. eBuddy XMS by eBuddy
4. Nimbuzz
I don't have any strong affinity with any of them, however I ended up convincing a friend to use WhatsApp on their BlackBerry, because I have few other friends on it, just to avoid the hassle of checking three different services.
I don't see why Google, Yahoo! or Microsoft don't turn on push, which will level the playing field.
It's very tiring being online everywhere.
ksoze11 said:
I don wanna use chunky BB just because my boss uses BBM.
Save mee
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Use whatsapp instead
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victormlgh said:
having to use BB just for the BBM most be frustrating. Explain him that there are other messaging services that are better.
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It's because his bos enjoy using cheap Blackberry provider service like here in my country
I have same issue too, its hard to push my friends use whatsapp because there no cell provider package for whatsapp like BBM.
Hi,
Does anyone know if any of the changes put into 7.8 will help bring any voip support or api? If not, any suggestions for voip client?
I've tried the Ozeki sdk windows phone example, it's useless.. the client only actually interfaces with its own server app.
It's shocking to see basically every voip app on market all only connect to specific voip services that you have to sign up for, and nothing with custom settings =\
Thanks
vestisciacca said:
hi
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viber?
bertapeti said:
viber?
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Hi,
I'm looking for an app that allows you to connect to your own VoIP server of choice and not a predefined server, and Viber doesn't do that.
OctroTalk does allow you to add your own sip server, but it doesn't work, doesn't even try to connect (at least any traffic leaving the phone)
Ozeki SDK sort of works, but they want $700 for it and i have not gotten their demo to work over wifi yet =\
Octrotalk
darkfires said:
Hi,
I'm looking for an app that allows you to connect to your own VoIP server of choice and not a predefined server, and Viber doesn't do that.
OctroTalk does allow you to add your own sip server, but it doesn't work, doesn't even try to connect (at least any traffic leaving the phone)
Ozeki SDK sort of works, but they want $700 for it and i have not gotten their demo to work over wifi yet =\
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Octrotalk works with voip.ms but can only use on speaker phone
Hi,
I've always used Hangouts for video chat with my family abroad. The main reason being I like how I can use my phone or desktop computer to do the video chat. But, as you know, Google has been going haywire with various messaging apps, such as allo duo, etc., and hangouts is going away. I'm just wondering what everyone is using for video chat, especially if you are using something that can also be used on a Windows desktop computer. Please share.
Skype can do both phone and desktop. I don't use it often though.
Google Duo seems pretty decent. It works on Android, iOS and there's a web app available which you can use if you want to use a computer. I've only tried it from my phone a few times and it seemed to work well.