IPhone Skype over 3G: ‘Real Soon Now’
Skype over AT&T’s 3G data network will be available on the iPhone “real soon now,” the company says in a blog post and video. The upgrade will take advantage of the new iPad-related SDK that no longer restricts VoIP calls to WiFi.
“You may have seen other apps offering calls over 3G, but we’re holding ours back for a little bit longer,” Skype said on its blog. “Why? So that we can give you the very best audio quality we can. When our 3G-capable Skype for iPhone app is released, it’ll let you make calls in wideband audio …” which, they say, means CD quality in Skype-to-Skype calls.
iCall and Fring have 3G-enabled versions of their iPhone app. So far another major service, Truphone, does not.
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