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18. I think maybe it is that, but I'm not sure, because I installed the Skype through Google play store

Wed Feb 6, 2013, 10:03 PM

Feb 2013

Now I'm wondering if Google play store is going to charge me for that Skype phone call and they have some agreement with Skype or something. Because Google play does have my debit card on file.

Or maybe it is a free trial after all, I'm not sure.

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Do you know about Skype? [View all] quinnox Feb 2013 OP

We just started using it graywarrior Feb 2013 #1

The call quality is surprising jberryhill Feb 2013 #2

My friends are able to stay in touch Ilsa Feb 2013 #3

Do you buy a data plan or what? silverweb Feb 2013 #4

No, that is the weird thing quinnox Feb 2013 #7

That's weird. silverweb Feb 2013 #11

sorry I misunderstood your post quinnox Feb 2013 #14

Oh, I see! silverweb Feb 2013 #16

I think maybe it is that, but I'm not sure, because I installed the Skype through Google play store quinnox Feb 2013 #18

You'll find out. silverweb Feb 2013 #22

If you call computer to computer, there's no charge from Skype. However, SharonAnn Feb 2013 #28

I used it to call from Europe to hear and vice versa CreekDog Feb 2013 #39

You can use both ann--- Feb 2013 #9

Yes, I've got both. silverweb Feb 2013 #19

"One ring to bind them all". SharonAnn Feb 2013 #29

Uh-oh... silverweb Feb 2013 #30

Yup nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #5

People should be writing letters (and mailing checks) whenever possible FrodosPet Feb 2013 #46

I Skype with iPad, iMac, macbook, you can even show a home or share a vacation moment. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #6

Been using Skype for years ann--- Feb 2013 #8

I was using skype thru Verizon sorefeet Feb 2013 #24

I use it when I'm abroad on research. a la izquierda Feb 2013 #10

I use gmails app to talk to my mom completely free in Texas Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #12

Keeps me sane on foreign postings Recursion Feb 2013 #13

Heck, all of my friends communicate via telepathy. DollarBillHines Feb 2013 #15

LOL silverweb Feb 2013 #20

Our Small Business uses it all the time. I'm not sure it's Secure... KoKo Feb 2013 #17

I was talking to my wife when she was in China ... kwassa Feb 2013 #21

Yes I think you are late XRubicon Feb 2013 #23

That was almost 2 years ago, they haven't wrecked it yet. Son of Gob Feb 2013 #31

Skype? Sure. Adam-Bomb Feb 2013 #25

Welcome to DU, Adam-Bomb! Heidi Feb 2013 #45

As a hospice nurse I have seen people actually skype mucifer Feb 2013 #26

its like a jetsons phone d_r Feb 2013 #27

I'll settle for a Hoverboard. Son of Gob Feb 2013 #32

Does Skype work better than FaceTime? Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #33

Skype is like the real-life Jetson phone. Jamaal510 Feb 2013 #34

Gmail offers free talk and video calls Shankapotomus Feb 2013 #35

Yeah, we use gmail, too. Sometimes Skype gets a little laggy DevonRex Feb 2013 #44

I always look like crap on the video feed so I hate it. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #36

Maybe my age is showing, but SheilaT Feb 2013 #37

Thom Hartmann uses skype for some interviews on his radio & TV shows. alp227 Feb 2013 #38

For about seven years now. Americans are about the last people on earth to discover this. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #40

Attended a wedding via Skype last month - lynne Feb 2013 #41

I use it for work, when they think I am working from home.. HipChick Feb 2013 #42

Yep. That's how I see one of my sons who lives overseas. We have family room DevonRex Feb 2013 #43