Since this morning, a few details about Microsoft's plans for the recently-acquired VoIP service Skype have been slowly making the rounds. Earlier today, This Is My Next's Paul Miller managed to corral a few extra nuggets of info from the Q&A session with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Skype CEO Tony Bates after the press conference. Here are the highlights and feel free to read more at the site:
- Product roadmap is pending regulatory approval, so we’ll probably see the synergies ramp up later rather than sooner (end of the calendar year is the planned date for everything to be final).
- Steve [Ballmer]: ”It’s pretty obvious today that not everyone is doing video participation from their phone. That’s an opportunity where lots of things can done, with Microsoft and their phone partners.”
- Steve and Tony were a little vague on the Android support front. Skype is seen as a way “to differentiate the communications experience” for carriers. They plan to continue some of the partnerships that already exist, but whether Windows Phone will have exclusive access to certain Skype functionality remains to be seen.
From all of that info, WMPoweruser has developed an interesting (and very plausible) theory: Microsoft could be planning to launch Skype as its native video call client for Windows Phone. Apple's FaceTime could be getting a nice slap in the, uh, face if Microsoft manages to pull this off considering the platform-independent nature of the service and how much more widely used Skype is here in the United States. Whatever they're planning, the Skype acquisition is sending ripples through the tech industry for a reason and that's because Microsoft has just roared back into relevance.
Via: This is my next..., WMPoweruser
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