This is big. Check out this article indicating that I'll be able to use Skype to make phone calls on my Droid. How crazy is that? Now I have a reason to get serious about Skype. I have only used it casually, but with this, I have a reason to really get with it.
You know though, that the cool thing about Skype isn't that you can make calls, it's the video conferencing. So, if we're going to really go for Skype, how far behind can the video camera and video chat be. The way the Droid is set up, the camera is on the wrong side, but if the camera could pivot, then I could set it to shoot me while I see the screen of the person I'm speaking with. That would be cool.
By the way, I was in Mexico, and in just a few short months I now know how completely dependent I have become on the fully functional Droid. I HAD NO GPS IN MEXICO. What the heck? They are still in the northern hemisphere. It should work. But there I was, car-dock, check, car-charger, check, Droid, check, GPS, no check. It also kind of stunk about trying to make phone calls. I had to dial 011 before all the numbers and for incoming calls the numbers were totally scrambled, so I had not idea who was calling me and whether or not i should answer it. (Not that I was screening, but I was on vacation) Text messaging worked well, but I had to end each message with a "from Tim" because, just like for calls, the numbers get totally jumbled when you text too. And while the Verizon 3G map has a lot of coverage, apparently there is none in Baja California. So I had no data for like 8 days. Oh, well, I was on vacation and you were getting 33 inches of snow.
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