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Skype for iPhone launches on Tuesday
I4U News —
... you will be able to use the phone numbers stored in your iPhone contact book with the Skype App. There is no need for keeping track of an additional list. CNET already got a look at the Skype iPhone App. Skype is also launching an App for the Blackberry in May. Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Skype for Apple iPhone: Download Tuesday
PR News: —
... CNET say that there is not much difference with the standard Skype software on your PC to the iPhone version, and this is for good reason, as Skype wants to maintain some consistency with its mobile apps. There are a few features that are missing from this mobile application but then there are a few extra features just for the iPhone. ...
Official: Free Skype for Apple iPhone
Phones Review —
... The guys over at Cnet got the chance to speak with the Skype app for the Apple iPhone principle engineer before the announcement was made as CTIA 2009, and they say that although most of the Skype for iPhone features aren’t too surprising there are a couple of capabilities absent but a few iPhone perks which are good to see. ...
Skype for iPhone: It's official
textually.org —
According to Cnet, a free Skype app will finally be available from the iTunes App Store sometime on Tuesday.
Skype for iPhone officially official
CrunchGear —
... , Skype for iPhone will appear “sometime Tuesday” and allow you to make VoIP calls to friends and family all over the world, a move that at once blows a great waft of flatulence in the face of the carriers and, in one smooth motion, high fives the international community of Skype users. ...
Skype for iPhone coming to App Store
D' Technology Weblog —
... your contacts alphabetically, or by who’s online. Calls on Skype for iPhone work only if you’re in range of a Wi-Fi network. If connection is solid, you can dial a number or quickly call a contacts stored in your address book. iPod Touch users will need earphones with an embedded mic to talk. During a call, you can mute the line, go on hold, or put the call on speakerphone. In the My Info window, you can follow a link to buy more SkypeOut credit online.
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Skype for iPhone Arrives Tuesday [IPhone]
Lifehacker —
[image] First a rumor , now a confirmed launch Skype is bringing its VoIP client to the iPhone (and iPod touch ) App Store tomorrow, with BlackBerrys following in May . Big drawbacks only works with Wi-Fi, and no text messages. [ Gizmodo ]
Skype para el iPhone es oficial
Celularis —
... Finalmente y luego de estar esperándolo por mucho tiempo ya es oficial la version de Skype para el iPhone y la primicia fue de C|Net aunque la noticia de que ...
Skype Coming to iPhone
GEARFUSE —
... as more people choose the unrestricted iPod Touch over the iPhone. All your standard features are available, save for video chat. Blackberries will also be getting a Skype application on Tuesday, paving the way for telecom companies to freak the fuck out. Link
Skype for iPhone: It’s official
Mobility Site —
... way of putting it though. This is apparently going to be released and made available from iTunes on Tuesday at CTIA, but Cnet got some time with it a touch early.
Months after teasing us at CES with an announcement of Skype’s native VoIP client for the iPhone, the free Skype for iPhone will finally be available to download from the iTunes App Store sometime on Tuesday.
Make sure to head over to Cnet for some more screen shots and a little prerelease ...
Skype on iPhone tomorrow, Blackberry in May
SlashGear —
... calls can also be accepted, however the support for making conference calls is not yet available. From the screen shots, the UI looks slick and refined. Many hope that this application will outperform other VoIP applications like Fring, and with a price tag of free, this will be a application worth downloading.
Skype will be available in the App Store sometime tomorrow for free. No other news on the date for the Blackberry app other than the slated release in May.
[Via cnet and The Boy Genius Report] ...
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GeekBrief.TV —
... Skype is coming to the iPhone this Tuesday. It will allow you to make Skype to Skype calls, Skype to regular phone number calls, and can be used with a second gen iPod Touch. It won’t be available for Blackberry users until May. ...
Skype Coming to iPhone and iPod Touch Tomorrow
The UberReview —
... video calling capabilities because of quality issues. Further, due to Apple’s terms of service, Skype will only be operable via hotspots or Wi-Fi, not over cellular network data services (this is due to Apple’s terms of service); that is probably a good thing when it comes time for the bill.
As with previous versions of Skype, making calls to other Skype users will be free, however, there will also be paid services for calling landlines or cell phones. [WSJ, CNET via Apple Insider]
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Skype app available today as promised
textually.org —
Here's the Skype app, delivered on Tuesday as promised.
In their own words:
With Skype on your iPhone or iPod touch, simply sign into Skype from any WiFi zone, and call friends and family on Skype totally free.
See whos online and instant message them.
Sign into Skype via 3G, Edge, GPRS or WiFi and check whos online - then instant message them whenever and wherever the mood strikes. ...
