Finally: Skype Over iPhone 3G Clears Hurdles
Your dream of being able to call China over Skype using your iPhone just got a little closer to reality, with Skype’s announcement that a version of iPhone Skype that works over 3g will be coming “real soon now.” Here’s the leader of the Skype for iPhone team talking up the new development:
How soon “real soon now” is I’m not sure, but I am excited by the news. Apple’s blocked the ability to make VOIP calls from a 3G handset for a while now, with the not-so-secret intention of shielding AT&T from customers who’d try and drop their minute plan entirely, relying only on Skype for their incoming and outgoing calls. A small compromise was reached in that the current version of Skype for iPhone can call out over WiFi, but that means without a hotspot, you’d be beholden to AT&T’s outrageous rates.
With this new announcement – which Skype assures us will contain “CD quality sound” – iPhone users have a new reason to rejoice.
Source: Mashable
