Description
With Skype on your iPhone or iPod touch you can call and instant message anyone else on Skype for free. You can also call landlines and mobiles and send SMS anywhere in the world, at great rates. Skype is free to download and easy to use.
Free Skype-to-Skype calls
Simply sign into Skype on a WiFi connection and call friends and family on Skype, wherever they are in the world, totally free.
See who’s online and instant message
Check who’s online - then instant message them whenever, and wherever the mood strikes.
Calls and SMS phones abroad
Call phones anywhere in the world at great rates, and send low cost SMS (text messages).
Skype website http://www.skype.com/go/iphone
This version works on iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch. Skype requires software version 3.0 or above.
Calling functionality is available on iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and 2nd generation iPod touch. iPod touch requires a compatible headset with a microphone.
What's New in Version 1.3
Version 1.3:
- Landscape mode for IM
- Hints and Tips
- General performance improvements
- Call quality indicator
- Fixed call drop issue when returning to a held Skype call
Customer Reviews
Best application for iPod Touch!!! (much better than Fring)
Thank you so much Skype for coming out with this amazing application I have been waiting for this ever since I have gotten an Ipod touch! Thank you Apple for approving this amazing application!
I used Fring before this came out and I had problems all the time... I would open up the application, wait for 5 min for it to log in to try and avoid calling errors and then it would still tell me "call terminated, wait until login on". Plus the dialpad would never beep when I hit the buttons during a call so I could never acess my voicemail. Also the status I could never modify to show as invisible when I just didnt want to talk to my contacts.
With this Skype application I havent had any trouble at all... its perfect. Some things which are great about it are:
1) You have a great/working dialpad... This is EXTREMELY important since I have an Ipod touch and must have this to access my voicemail or to call 1(800) numbers that need me to press buttons to get to the correct dept(Fring dialpad doesnt work for this)
2) Starts calling as soon as you press the call button... with Fring you press call and can wait about 4-5 rings on the application before the call actually goes through
3) You can modify your status... I sometimes want to be invisible from my friends and with Fring I could never modify my status it always showed as online
4) Your contact list automatically transfer's as soon as you sign in... wow
I have an Ipod touch so I cannot wait for the new Iphone 3.0 firmware update (for ipod touch too) to come out so that I can connect my bluetooth headset in order to make phone calls on Skype without having to buy a funky external microphone to make calls.
I really just cannot believe how great it is that Apple allowed this application on iTunes! I mean, this application allows people to make calls without using their Iphone minutes (which probably makes AT&T mad since they want people to run out of theiir 450 minutes and buy more) and yet Apple still let this thing through the appstore just to make us happy. My iPod touch is an Iphone now for me since I am always around a wifi connection (at college, library, home, or starbucks)
Thank you again Apple and Skype
Good idea but far from great
Awesome app as long as the app is running but hate the fact that if you are using another app skype is useless. If I am paying a monthly service I think I should be notified of missed calls or messages at all times. 5 stars if the app could be on all the time. Anyone agree?
Absolutely the same thing
Great, a new version, but... where is the update.
No Push, no BT support, no 3G - here, have a landscape mode instead.
What a... humongous disappointment.
- Category: Social Networking
- Updated Jan 15, 2010
- Current Version: 1.3
- 5.9 MB
- Languages: English, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
- Seller: Skype Software S.a.r.l.
- © (c) 2003 - 2010 Skype Limited, Patents Pending. Skype, associated trade marks and logos and the "S" symbol are trade marks of Skype Limited
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later.
