Android developer Xeudoxus, one of the visionaries behind Dark Edge, has taken the Skype Mobile Android application and ever-so-slightly tweaked it to now allow you to make calls over 3G.  To Verizon customers this isn’t that big of a deal as the VZW Skype already allows this, but to users who downloaded the newly released U.S. version for other phones and carriers, just know that you will no longer be locked into wi-fi-only calls.

Download:  Skype.apk

*You DO NOT need to be rooted.

Install as you would any other application.  Download, tap “Install” and run it.

Full support thread can be found at Xeudoxus’ dedicated page. Donate to him here.

Skype announced today that it has opened up its Android app to all phones running 2.1 or higher.  While Verizon customers with a Droid have been using the service for months, the rest of the world can now take advantage of free Skype-to-Skype action, text messages, low rate landline/mobile calls, etc…

• Make free Skype-to-Skype calls over WiFi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G)* to other Skype users anywhere in the world using Skype’s SILK codec for CD-like audio quality.
• Make low rate Skype calls to landline or mobile phones
• Send and receive instant messages to one or a group of friends on Skype
• Synchronize contacts between Skype and the native address book and after synchronization place Skype calls directly from the native address book.
• See when Skype contacts are online and available to call or chat
• Easily import names and numbers to the Skype application from the native address book
• Receive calls on their Skype online number

Full press release at Skype’s website.  Grab it from the market now.

An update to Skype is available and at first glance seemed like it included one major update, calls over wi-fi!  Well if you read the description of this update a little closer, you can see that you can still only makes calls over 3G, but it will no longer kick off your wi-fi as it did in previous versions.  While this is a much needed update, many of you will be disappointed to not have an option for wifi-only.  Sorry folks!

In the market now.

Cheers pyroholtz from the forums!

Remember that OTA update for the Droid Incredible we told you about that will include 720p video recording, a new boot animation, and a mobile hotspot app?  Well rumors have it dropping on your DI tomorrow/today.  Yep, tomorrow/today July 16th.

I can’t confirm the date, but I can confirm all of the goodies that are included.  Those screenshots above, yeah those are from my Incredible.  Let me just say that the new boot animation is a version of that first DI commercial that flashed all of its features and it definitely has 720p recording plus some mobile hotspot fun.  Skype is now included, a My Verizon app and some updated widgets.  It’s not Android 2.2, but it’s definitely going to bring this device up to speed with some of the rest of its competitors.

Everyone ready your Incs!

Rumor Source: Android Forums

With zero 2.1 update news to toss at you, we might as well keep the Skype talk alive all day right?  For those of you just checking in, Skype launched right on time last night at midnight and generated all kinds of early excitement.  That excitement however, appears to have been pretty short lived once everyone actually had a chance to open the app and notice the “Skype mobile does not currently work on WiFi” message.  Not a misprint.  (Say what?)

My initial reaction was, “Who cares?  We get 3G everywhere!”  So I posed a question on Wi-Fi importance to Twitter and also checked out the comments on both our poll today and the original Skype post and am now turning to the Skype and Verizon screwed up side.  Here are a couple of questions to ask yourself…

What if I wanted to use Skype for its IM feature and I’m at home using Wi-Fi?  I guess I can’t.

What if I travel overseas and have no cell coverage?  Out of luck.

What if I’m off in the boonies with no coverage except the Wi-Fi at Billie Bob’s Chicken Fry?  Too bad.

What if I’m at work in a basement cubicle with terrible coverage?  No soup for you!

What if I’m at home with no coverage and my wife BlackBerry Skypes me?  S.O.L.!

Seriously no Wi-Fi?  Does the “does not currently” message mean that it will eventually?

An Alternative!

As many have already pointed out, there is a handy little app for free in the market called Fring which works over both Wi-Fi and 3G with your Skype account.  Oh, and it also allows you to connect to almost any IM program that you currently use.  Cha ching!

Download…

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Skype dropped at midnight and so far, people have been flocking to at least check it out and give it a mini-test drive.  We did the same and think it’ll be useful as long as we can talk the rest of our friends into buying smart phones that support it.  There is also some concern about the removal of wi-fi while using it.  So how are you feeling about Skype?

It’s official!  And I don’t mean to get all snarky on a rainy Thursday morning, but doesn’t it feel good to see someone in the mobile world actually hit a release date?  I had Tweets coming in last night at 12:04AM PST notifying me that it was indeed available to download.  Nice work Skype and Verizon.

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Over the last few days, Verizon Wireless put together this quick promo video from CTIA in Vegas to sort of kickoff the release of Skype which officially launches tomorrow.  You may have also noticed the abundance of Skype ads popping up in our sidebar; I’d say that they kind of want this to be huge.  And if you want to skip all the chatter and see a few shots of Skype in action, skip ahead to the 2:17 mark…