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The Nexus 7: Google ships a tabletThe Nexus 7: Google ships a tabletPosted Aug 1, 2012 17:50 UTC (Wed) by sblack (guest, #81076)In reply to: The Nexus 7: Google ships a tablet by denials Parent article: The Nexus 7: Google ships a tablet
Google's real Skype competitor isn't Google Talk, or Hangouts -- after so many years, computer-to-computer calling is still a niche utility. For VoIP to finally take over, it needs backward compatibility (incoming and outgoing) with landline phones.
The real Skype competition is Google Voice, but they still have not enabled any VoIP functionality except through the official gmail website. One hopes it's only a matter of time, but there's no real evidence that this is coming any time soon.
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The Nexus 7: Google ships a tablet Posted Aug 2, 2012 8:30 UTC (Thu) by justincormack (subscriber, #70439) [Link]
Google voice is only available in the US, so is not a serious competitor to anything. There is no sign of this changing, so I suspect voice will be canned eventually...
The Nexus 7: Google ships a tablet Posted Aug 3, 2012 19:05 UTC (Fri) by daniel (subscriber, #3181) [Link]
And Canada.
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