College Students Can Skype on 3G MSG Phones Home and Mo'

When the co-eds go back to college, Verizon Wireless wants to let collegians and parents know that they now offer Skype mobile on many 3G Multimedia phones, making
it easy to affordably stay connected with friends and family. To get the message home to Mom and Dad they can use the LG
enVTOUCH, LG Chocolate Touch and Samsung Reality along with other Skype mobile phones.

Skype-to-Skype calls and chats are unlimited when initiated with
Skype mobile from a Verizon Wireless phone with a data plan to any of
the hundreds of millions of Skype users anywhere in the world. The calls work
with traditional voice products, including Bluetooth headsets. Skype
mobile calls made to domestic landline and wireless numbers use minutes
from customers' voice plans. Skype mobile calls to international numbers
do not use customers' voice plans and are paid for by Skype Credit and
charged at Skype's low international rates.

Skype mobile helps students on a budget stay in touch, whether
they're starting at a new school or returning as upperclassmen. Skype
mobile also offers a simple, convenient and cost-effective way for
parents to keep up with their kids who venture overseas for a term
abroad, eliminating the need to set a time to be at a computer to
receive the Skype call from junior.

Verizon gives these examples:

• Bon Voyage - If students need help preparing for
  their time abroad before they go, they can use Skype mobile to talk with
  professors about how to balance studies and travel. Skype mobile also
  offers language support in Spanish, Korean and simple Chinese, helping
  students keep in touch with new international friends after they return
  home.
• Close Quarters - Living in a dorm room with a
  stranger can be nerve-racking, but students can use Skype mobile to get
  to know future roommates, making the transition to dorm life easier.
  Whether they want to plan the dorm room décor or bond over favorite
  movies, Skype mobile lets them chat for hours and become fast friends.
• Dark or White? - Calculus class? Check.
  Biochemistry test? Aced it. How to separate dark and white loads? For
  some students laundry is stressful. When a terrible stain hits a
  favorite shirt, students can use Skype mobile to call home for laundry
  expertise until the spot is only a memory.
• Don't Let Summer Love Fade Away - Maintaining a
  relationship while apart is tough, but with an "always on" capability,
  Skype mobile means students never have to miss a call while away from
  their computers.
• B.F.F. - Making friends at a new school is
  important, but staying in touch with friends from home is too. Best
  friends can send and receive unlimited instant messages with other Skype
  users to stay close no matter how far away from each other they may be.
• Wisdom of Age - Students living away from home for
  the first time may need some survival tips from older siblings.
  Knowledge from a big brother or sister is easy with unlimited
  Skype-to-Skype voice calls via Skype mobile.

Customers with Android smartphones can download the highly rated app
from the Verizon Channel in Android Market, and customers with select
BlackBerry smartphones can download it from