Skype integration into the Windows ecosystem is not bad, nor laughably bad. It simply doesn't exist. Skype exists within the ecosystem, but integration is something that has not been achieved; however, I have a wonderful image for it that I am curious if anyone else shares.
When I moved my mother over to WP (at her request after playing with mine) she was elated with the platform; but the most immediate issue we found was imessaging. She had come from an iphone, and just about everyone she knew had one as well. She couldn't receive any messages because the iphones that were sending them still though she did too (fundamentalists rarely react well to converts). There is much conversation about turning Skype into a similar service that is integrated in a similar way that imessage is, but I see so much more potential.
Skype is a platform that can already be used as a buffer between phones. The problem with messaging apps is that the other person has to use the app as well. But the thought occurs to me that with Skype, you don't have to worry about that, because of the Skype credit system; and that is where crossplatform support becomes stinking cool.
I text my boss (with integrated Skype) from my phone, then when I sit at my desk all of those messages show up in a universal "Skype" messaging service on my desktop. You can technically do this right now, but to have that turn into a fluid experience that allows you to seamlessly align it with your already existing text service would be wonderful.
I think that the logistical effort working with carriers would be enormous, but by god there is a market here that Microsoft could dominate, and shake up just about every market-space out there. At least that Is my thinking.What do y'all think? How would that work, or how would it not?
When I moved my mother over to WP (at her request after playing with mine) she was elated with the platform; but the most immediate issue we found was imessaging. She had come from an iphone, and just about everyone she knew had one as well. She couldn't receive any messages because the iphones that were sending them still though she did too (fundamentalists rarely react well to converts). There is much conversation about turning Skype into a similar service that is integrated in a similar way that imessage is, but I see so much more potential.
Skype is a platform that can already be used as a buffer between phones. The problem with messaging apps is that the other person has to use the app as well. But the thought occurs to me that with Skype, you don't have to worry about that, because of the Skype credit system; and that is where crossplatform support becomes stinking cool.
I text my boss (with integrated Skype) from my phone, then when I sit at my desk all of those messages show up in a universal "Skype" messaging service on my desktop. You can technically do this right now, but to have that turn into a fluid experience that allows you to seamlessly align it with your already existing text service would be wonderful.
I think that the logistical effort working with carriers would be enormous, but by god there is a market here that Microsoft could dominate, and shake up just about every market-space out there. At least that Is my thinking.What do y'all think? How would that work, or how would it not?
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