What is skype and its evolution

What Is Skype and Its Evolution?

With a lot of hype about Skype going on these days, most of us are thinking who, or what is Skype? What does it do? How much does it price?

Skype is a service introduced in 2003, which lets you get in touch with other Skype users free of price. It also allows you to send as well as receive text messages, talk and make video calls. All you require is a computer or mobile phone connected to the internet, with the help of which you can download a program and then install it, once done you can register a Skype customer, and you are up as well as running.

So far so simple, but then again, what exactly is Skype then? Is it only software? When you read or hear remarks about Skype's makers themselves, such as "Skype is not a mobile phone" or that Skype is a lot better than a cell phone, or that it is not a standby for your usual telephone service, you may end up scratching your head and asking yourself what is Skype all about.

Well, there are a number of things you can do with Skype, and the elementary service can be complemented in quite a lot of ways. Everything would depend on your ongoing involvement with Skype, and how would you like to use it.

Skype Lite In a bid to make additional mobile customers use its applications, Microsoft of late launched the Skype Lite application. This 'Made for India' app will allow Android phone users to make calls as well as exchange instant chat messages with all the other Skype users that too without paying a penny.

Skype Lite users would also be able to position calls to landline or cell phones for a charge. In addition to that, the app also allows users to send as well as receive text messages in areas wherein Internet data service for mobile phones is not offered or their contact is not on Skype.

Microsoft has made sure that users can filter out spam as well as promotional communications from Skype chat and SMS services. Moreover, they have also introduced skype credit to call India facility.

Characteristics Skype Lite has been presented on the Android platform for now. The app has got all the functionality of the full-sized Skype application, alongside specifically developed characteristics for India. The Aadhar incorporation can take place in the course of the call, and all the data would be wiped out as soon as the call is over. Microsoft also said that customers would have control over the internet usage. Skype Lite has features to track as well as manage data used on Wi-Fi and internet network.