I downloaded Skype for Windows Phone as soon as I found out about the app. Although I don’t use Skype that much, it’s one of those apps that you just have to have on your phone. Funny that somehow Skype is beginning to be forgotten in this part of the world thanks to mobile text messaging apps like BlackBerry Messenger and WhatsApp. Skype is much more flexible and has a desktop interface, something that iMessage also has.

Anyway, the article on Ars Technica points out one flaw in Windows Phone’s app switching ability which is the lack of a persistent VoIP support. Apparently if you’re on a Skype call and you need to switch away to another application, say to look at a map or refer to an email, the call gets dropped.

This and the lack of USSD support are significant omissions from Windows Phone that needs to be remedied quickly. It is surprising that Microsoft had not included support from the beginning.

Windows Phone cannot maintain a Skype call in background