{"id":91,"date":"2009-03-30T13:40:37","date_gmt":"2009-03-30T13:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.https:\/\/techwrites.joncaptures.com\/?p=91"},"modified":"2009-03-30T13:40:37","modified_gmt":"2009-03-30T13:40:37","slug":"skype-officially-announced-for-the-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techwrites.joncaptures.com\/?p=91","title":{"rendered":"Skype Officially Announced for the iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Skype is set to launch its iPhone application March 31st\u00a0 bringing its
\nmuch-anticipated Net-based phone service to Apple’s mobile platform.
\nWith the Skype iPhone app, users will be able to make free calls using
\nWi-Fi to other Skype users as well as use their Skype accounts to make
\nreduced price calls to traditional landline phones.
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\nSkype announced its iPhone application will be available on Tuesday for free,
\nwith a version for the BlackBerry available in May. Mobile versions of Skype are
\nalready available for Nokia, Windows Mobile, and Google Android phones.<\/p>\n

From what we can tell, the Skype for iPhone looks great; but it has some
\ndrawbacks. One disappointment is that users won’t be able to place
\ncalls over cellular networks, but only via Wi-Fi. Still, for
\ninternational callers especially, Skype’s iPhone app will save callers
\nmoney adds the convenience of allowing Skype users to use their
\niPhone handset for Skype calls.<\/p>\n

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Looking more like a traditional iPhone app rather than the desktop Windows
\ncounterpart most of its 400 million users are used to, Skype for iPhone features
\nfive tabs at the bottom of the screen, displaying contacts, chats, a calling panel, call history, and
\nyour profile (with Facebook-style status).<\/p>\n

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Skype for iPhone will use phone numbers directly from your phone’s address book, so no
\nmore nasty duplicated contact lists. It even displays your contacts’
\nphotos (if they have one set up on Skype). Conference calling is
\navailable, but for the moment you can only take part in one if someone
\ninvites you.<\/p>\n

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You can also chat with your Skype friends, but unfortunately this is the
\nonly thing (besides seeing who’s online) you can do over a cellular
\nnetwork. Skype for iPhone places calls only via Wi-Fi, not
\ndifferentiating itself much from the other voice apps in the App Store (Skype for Android G1 can place calls over 3G).<\/p>\n

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Skype for iPhone is still a young app and is short on some of the features its desktop counterpart has.
\nSMS, video and proper conference calling, file transfer, and voicemail
\nare missing from this first version, but let’s hope they will make
\ntheir way in future versions.<\/p>\n

iPod Touch users will also be able to enjoy Skype, but this would require them to purchase a microphone, or headphones with built-in microphones (like the iPhone’s).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Skype is set to launch its iPhone application March 31st\u00a0 bringing its much-anticipated Net-based phone service to Apple’s mobile platform. With the Skype iPhone app, users will be able to make free calls using Wi-Fi to other Skype users as well as use their Skype accounts to make reduced price calls to traditional landline phones.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[98,166,212],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech","tag-iphone","tag-skype","tag-wifi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techwrites.joncaptures.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techwrites.joncaptures.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techwrites.joncaptures.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techwrites.joncaptures.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techwrites.joncaptures.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techwrites.joncaptures.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techwrites.joncaptures.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techwrites.joncaptures.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techwrites.joncaptures.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}