Comments on: Skype for iPhone: It's official

The VoIP app will (finally) be available to download from the iTunes App Store sometime on Tuesday. We got an early look and plenty of screenshots.

[ofmyony]

Skype get some company to allow a data plan only with your service. No contract no caps just Skype on a Smartphone with 3G (WIFI too). Let me port my number and all is good in the world.

There has to be a company somewhere in the States that would love to grab all that phone service from the Big 4. Nationwide 3G plus Skype= Homerun. Put the Big 4 on the ropes. I am tired of being milked by the Big 4.

3GVoip.

[Berke.h]

Finally, Just yesterday I was thinking to myself, when Skype will be available on iPhone...

I'm glad my thought materialized. I'm hoping the call quality will be way better than Fring.

[markbossert]

Skype on my iPhone is fantastic news.

I was expecting this to get scuttled at the last minute. Glad to be wrong! I agree with the above caller, although we Canucks could really tell you about government protected special milking from our telcos.

Go Skype!

[gullie28]

Great news! Will this sevice be available in Europe as well?

[pretenderkc]

i've been using Skype on HP PDA/cell phone for 3 yrs now. why isn't it news? oh wait...is it b/c of HP ran Microsoft operating system? :-)

when Apple finally come up with a touch screen laptop, i bet that's gonna be big news too. oh wait....didn't Microsoft have that for over a decade already?

when Apple come out with tabletPC, ok....never mind....

[andfx8]

What's the point?

[rturner2]

I need the ability to receive Voicemail!!

Please hurry up with this feature. This is something that Fring doesn't offer as well which will help Skype to get more people using this native Skype app.

[kelmon]

This is definitely an application that is going to benefit from Push Notifications when they finally arrive later this year. Until that happens the application is going to be of relatively limited benefit since people will be unable to call you (Call Forwarding to your iPhone's phone number can be used but will cost you Skype Credits). Further, if the application cannot run in the background then you'll be unable to access you iPhone's other functions during a call, which definitely puts it at a disadvantage when compared to the normal phone application.

[ducttape36]

I've had skype on my windows mobile for a while, however, it makes you use a headset with it. otherwise, all calls go through the speakerphone instead of the ear piece. did they fix this for the iphone? if so, will they fix it for everything else? i hope so, otherwise its useless to me. I know you can download third party soluions that will switch it from the loud speaker to the ear piece, but its still annoying.

[Jonnygthedrummer]

SWEET i dont have skype yet

but im lookin it to it, i have the ipod touch, great device,,
an thinking about getting skype, get the mic for the touch

so since im new to the skype world

i could get calls on my touch , if i dont anwers , or just at the same time , ring my cell phone

so i get , phone, fowarding an my own number for $3 a month right??

yes i no i need to have a wifi signal , which most of the time i do,,

[idea3go]

Will it notify me of missed messages or calls when I am running other apps or the iPhone is not active?

[sachman1]

It's about time ... http://tinyurl.com/dythao

[atfr]

Can you receive calls from SkypeIn online number when you're in a wifi hotspot? If it works will be a grate solution for businessmen who are traveling to receive calls without paying for roaming charges.

[rshah29]

So does Skype for iPhone use the native iPhone address book, or a proprietary one? Will I now need to store my contacts in two address books (iPhone and Skype's)?

[rsrupert1972]

What's the point of having an extra phone service on your phone? why not just use the att service?

[armen2772]

Native iPhone's

[jonytk]

Skype is expensive if you want to call to mobile phones outside the US.
GO get an account with calleasy, justvoip or one of the various betamax clones, (just google it) the you can call to an access number with your free minutes and from there call to a lot of worldwide landlines, 3 months per every top-up, for free or to mobiles in let's say france for 5 euro cents per minute and china per 2 or less. Also you can call from fring, computer or make a callback.

[lickmoreshoes]

8gb iphone $200...8gb iphone with skype +$200 =$400+ (money spent on BS).

Why are people throwing away there money on the first thing they see? in a few years the iphone will become trash. Becouse its stealing other companys ideas.

[CEB1970]

I second andfx8's comment: WHAT IS THE POINT?

If you are home with your wifi connection you can just use your desktop Skype to make calls.

But if you are on the road you still can't use your iPhone to make free calls with Skype unless you can track down a wifi connection somewhere.

Obviously this is done intentionally so AT&T will not get pissed off. There is probably some contractual obligation that prevents Apple from allowing an application that bypasses AT&T for voice calls.

I'll admit that Skype on the iPhone will not be TOTALLY useless. It will just be 80% useless.

[The1egend]

Here's what I see, I can take an iPod touch, go to Europe, connect to a WiFi, and make calls? Would that work? Cheap (free?) international calling? Let me know please, I'm headed to Italy this summer and it would make a great purchase.