Apps Zap: Verizon will Skype More Feature Phones in Chinesse & Korean Too

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Skype mobile from Verizon Wireless, that is  available on 12
different smartphones, will expand to more handsets later this year,
including several 3G Multimedia phones. Also, besides Spanish, Skype
mobile will also be available in Korean and simple Chinese. The news release suggests you use Skype to Skype your friends all over the world during World Cup Soccer.

Skype mobile customers will soon see an enhanced user interface
with a drop-down menu with flags for international dialing.

Skype-to-Skype calls and chats are unlimited and free when
initiated with Skype mobile from a Verizon Wireless 3G Smartphone with a
data plan to any of the more than 580 million Skype users anywhere in
the world.

The Skype app to work with traditional voice products, including Bluetooth
headsets. Skype mobile calls made to domestic landline and wireless
numbers use minutes from customers' voice plans, and Skype mobile calls
to international numbers are charged Skype's low, international rates.

Customers with DROID smartphones can download the highly rated
app from the Verizon Channel in Android Marke, and customers with
certain BlackBerr smartphones can download it from www.skype.com/vzw using

their smartphones' browsers. Customers can also text "SKYPE" to 2255 to
get a message with the link to download Skype mobile.

For more info on Skype mobile, visit www.verizonwireless.com/skypemobile.
For more information about Verizon Wireless products and services,
visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or
go to www.verizonwireless.com.