Check out this page on Verizon's web site advertising the ThunderBolt:
Check out the first 4G LTE Smartphone
Look at the Skype Mobile section. Note the asterisk in the statement "Video calling that works Smartphone to Smartphone, Smartphone to PC
*, and across the world." Then look at the footnote that says "
*Video calls must be made between Verizon 4G LTE devices or 4G WiFi enabled PCs."
Am I just being paranoid or does that mean that a 4G LTE smartphone would not be able to video chat with a PC user on a home internet connection? Sounds like they want to keep all of the video call traffic within the 4G network. That would be a major disappointment since the friends and family I was most looking forward to video chatting with on the go are either with other carriers or don't plan on getting video-capable phones for a good while. Major bummer. And, if that's the case, how could anyone video call "across the world" when Verizon LTE doesn't exist outside of the U.S.?