Yesterday Skype announced an upgrade of their Android client (2.6). The three main features added were:
The new features include most of all extended battery life, on top of file sending of photos and videos. These features likely come from some of the technology acquired when they picked off QIK just before the sale to Skype.
Sadly, the Android OS is so fragmented Skype has to whitelist various devices in order for video to work. While this is not usually a manufacturer led issue, it is more often the desire of the carriers to not permit two way video on their network due to capacity issues. This is one of the drawbacks to Skype on Android and with Android in general.
