Gmail now allows for multiple calls at once

Re:Gmail now allows for multiple calls at once by abraham on Thursday July 21, 2011 @04:22AM (#2788851)

This is available in Android 2.3.4+

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Re:Gmail now allows for multiple calls at once by darklajid on Thursday July 21, 2011 @06:39AM (#2789041)

No, it's not. I wish it would be.

It's available on 2.3.4 for a selected number of devices (for all I know the library supporting this feature is chipset specific).

I've got very neat phone (LG Optimus 2x, T-Online G2x in the states) that is blazingly fast, has a front facing camera - but cannot use this, because it's a tegra2 based phone.

Sad face here, Skype on Android is about the worst piece of crap, ever (ignoring my general dislike for Skype, it is so much worse), so no easy 3.000km+ video calls with my wife on my mobile.

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Re:Gmail now allows for multiple calls at once by abraham on Thursday July 21, 2011 @06:50AM (#2789060)

It looks like the LG Optimus 2x is still on Android 2.2 so my statement still stands. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_Optimus_2X

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Re:Gmail now allows for multiple calls at once by darklajid on Thursday July 21, 2011 @01:24PM (#2790356)

Err.. No. Your statement was 'works on 2.3.4'. Whatever Wikipedia claims, that's exactly what I run on my device.

So my statement still stands: 2.3.4 does support audio/video calls, but only _for selected hardware_. If LG magically brings out a stock firmware with 2.3.4 tomorrow (and if I'd care enough to want it), they'd need to patch GTalk or rather press Google into supporting my type of handset - or they would have no audio/video support.

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