Skype and Verizon are teaming up to create a phone together — a device aimed towards video chat and Skype related communication. This type of heavy integration with Skype is a bold and interesting move from Verizon.

Here is the updated Saygus VPhone spec:

• Processor: Marvell PXA 310 800 MHz
• Operating System: Android
• Memory: 512 MB ROM, 256 MB SDRAM, SDHC memory card to 16 GB
• Dimensions: 116.5 59.5 x 20.3 mm
• Screen: 3.5-inch capacitive with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels
• Network: CDMA2000 EV-DO REV A
• Communication capabilities: WiFi 802.11b / g and Bluetooth v2.0 + EDR with A2DP
• Camera: 5 megapixel main camera with autofocus and flash
• Front camera: VGA-camera with built-in microphone
• Supported audio formats: MP3, MIDI, AAC, AAC +, AMR-NB, AMR-WB
• Supported video formats: MPEG2, MPEG4, H.263, H.264
• Battery: Li-Po 1500 mAh
• Hours Talk Time: Up to 7 hours
• Hours of standby time: up to 250 hours
• Hours videoconference: up to 4 hours
• GPS-module: with A-GPS E911
• Accelerometer
• Digital Compass
• USB: USB 2.0 OTG / USB Mass Storage
• FM-radio
• Other possibilities: Document viewer, file manager, web browser, calculator, Email, Instant Messenger, Recorder / Voice Notes, Alarm clock, Calendar

Source: Android Authority

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It’s not easy to find an Android phone that hasn’t been churned out by the HTC factory. The Saygus Vphone is a smartphone from a Utah-based company that promises a nifty handset with one unique feature: the ability to make two-way video calls even on an EDGE network.

“We have designed our own proprietary video calling software that’s optimized so you can get three to four hours of video calling capability on extremely low bandwidths,” says Chad Sayers, founder and CEO of Saygus.

Video conferencing is still a novelty in smartphones. It can guzzle bandwidth and carriers have been hesitant to support the applications. Saygus says its video calling software can change that. It won’t bog down the network and can run 18-22 frames a second on Edge network and up to 30 frames a second on 3G. Saygus estimates that 5GB of bandwidth can support 10,000 minutes of video conferencing on the phone.

Saygus also hopes to partner with Skype to bring Skype video calling to the phone.

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