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Is Skype/Verizon Deal Delaying Skype Over 3G for iPhone?
Mar 7th
Is the recently announced Skype/Verizon deal delaying the release of Skype over 3G for the iPhone? Previously AT&T announced they would change their policy and allow VoIP over 3G, Apple announced they would change their SDK agreement to allow it, and Skype announced they would provide it to their iPhone users. AT&T has come through, Apple has come through, other VoIP clients have begun offering 3G. And Skype…? They said they were waiting to make sure Apple was okay with it. They made sure. They said they were waiting to improve 3G call quality. And…? Still nothing.
They did, however, announce a deal for Skype over 3G with Verizon at Mobile World Congress a couple weeks ago. Since then, WMExperts tell us the Windows Mobile Skype app is no longer available for download. According to Venture Beat (via BGR) their Symbian Skype App has now been pulled from the Ovi Store. When asked why Skype was removed from the Ovi Store, Venture Beat was told:
Skype has made a decision in the United States to not promote the Skype for Symbian app through the Ovi Store. We did this so that we could drive more attention to the recently announced Skype and Verizon Wireless agreement. This was a marketing decision — plain and simple
The iPhone Skype app [Free - iTunes link] is still in the App Store (after a short hiccup) but it’s still Wi-Fi only. When asked for comment after the Verizon agreement, a Skype rep would only tell TiPb that there was no further updates since last time.
So, is it just taking longer than we expected to get that really great 3G voice quality out for Skype? Or has the Verizon deal sucked all the attention out of the room? 9to5Mac thought so a couple weeks ago, do the Windows Mobile and Symbian actions now lend credence to that theory? And are you still waiting for Skype over 3G for iPhone, or have you started using alternatives? Let us know!
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iCall, Fring — VoIP over 3G Apps Begin to Arrive for iPhone!
Jan 28th
VoIP over 3G apps for iPhone are now beginning to show up in the iTunes App Store.
After AT&T said they would allow VoIP over 3G, all that remained was for Apple to follow through with an amended SDK, and that happened with iPhone 3.2 SDK for iPad.
So far iCall Free VoIP [Free - iTunes link] and Fring [Free - iTunes link]
We’re not seeing the monster in the space, Skype over 3G yet, but we’re willing to bet that’s incoming.
We’re also happy to see that the iPad is indeed pushing things along for the iPhone as well, and we’re wondering if this means we’ll have VoIP over 3G to go along with those new AT&T iPad data plans they announced yesterday?
If you try out VoIP over 3G on your iPhone let us know how it works for you!
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iCall, Fring — VoIP over 3G Apps Begin to Arrive for iPhone!
Skype 1.3 Brings… Stuff That’s Not Push Notification or VoIP over 3G
Jan 16th
Sorry, Skype 1.3 [Free - iTunes link], we know you’re trying, at least we think you are, but it’s 2010 now and we have to agree with 9to5mac where’s the push notification and VoIP over 3G?
Maybe Apple hasn’t given you the tools or SDK agreement for VoIP yet, we don’t know, but push notification are good to go, you know?
We appreciate the landscape mode of IM, the hints and tips, the general performance improvements, the call quality indicator, and the call drop after hold fix, really we do, but you’re one of the premiere apps in your class — we know you can knock this app out of the park.
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Skype 1.3 Brings… Stuff That’s Not Push Notification or VoIP over 3G
Skype 1.3 Brings… Stuff That’s Not Push Notification or VoIP over 3G
Jan 16th
Sorry, Skype 1.3 [Free - iTunes link], we know you’re trying, at least we think you are, but it’s 2010 now and we have to agree with 9to5mac where’s the push notification and VoIP over 3G?
Maybe Apple hasn’t given you the tools or SDK agreement for VoIP yet, we don’t know, but push notification are good to go, you know?
We appreciate the landscape mode of IM, the hints and tips, the general performance improvements, the call quality indicator, and the call drop after hold fix, really we do, but you’re one of the premiere apps in your class — we know you can knock this app out of the park.
This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
Skype 1.3 Brings… Stuff That’s Not Push Notification or VoIP over 3G
UPDATED: Skype for iPhone “No Longer Available” – Yeahbuwhat?
Jan 5th
UPDATE: Skype got back to us all official PR like:
We’ve identified the fault which has made Skype for iPhone unavailable to some people. A fix is underway, and we expect that the app will be fully available in the next few hours.
ORIGINAL: If you click on an iTunes link to get the Skype for iPhone App, as of this writing, iTunes pops up a notification saying Skype for iPhone is not currently available in the US App Store, or other international App Stores. If you search for Skype, the Skype app doesn’t show up. Skype’s official iPhone app page, still tells you to “Get it now”, but it’s currently not get-able.
Temporary glitch? Sign that maybe, finally it’s being replaced with the 3G version AT&T, Apple and Skype said back in October ‘09 would be coming our way? Or just gone as in another App Store brouhaha may be brewing?
An international, hours-long lasting glitch sounds odd. Removing an old version and leaving nothing available for a time before replacing it with a new one isn’t typically how the App Store works — it’s usually fairly unnoticeable to the end user (known bugs not withstanding). Unless CES is going to mean an announcement from Skype? And, well, we can’t imagine something this high-profile would just be gone, right?
We’ll update If Skype for iPhone comes back up, same as before or new and 3G, or if we get any solid info.
[Thanks to @mugunthkumar for the tip!]
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UPDATED: Skype for iPhone “No Longer Available” – Yeahbuwhat?
