Skype for iPad
By Skype Software S.a.r.l
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Description
Bring your Skype contacts closer with full screen video at your fingertips.
Beautiful and simple, this is Skype built especially for the iPad. Call, video call, or instant message anyone on Skype. Plus, if you add a little Skype Credit, call landlines and mobiles at really low rates.
Simple to use:
• Join Skype on our website or just sign straight in to your account.
• If you already have a Skype account, your Skype contacts will automatically be there on your iPad.
• We’ve made adding new Skype contacts really easy. Once they’re in your Contact list, call, video or instant message them in one touch.
• Flick through recent calls and instant messages in your Skype for iPad history.
• Skype for iPad works over Wi-Fi or 3G (operator data charges may apply). Call Skype contacts on their iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, PC, Mac and even Skype enabled TVs.
Access free Skype features:
• Talk face-to-face or show what you’re seeing with front and back-facing cameras.
• Use Skype for iPad to call anyone else on Skype – and enjoy near CD quality (SILK) sound.
• Instant message and add emoticons to personalize your messages.
Then unlock even more features when you pay a little:
• Make cheap calls to landlines or mobiles from your iPad.
• Get an Online Number from Skype so people can call you on your iPad.
If you want to unlock these extra features, you can pay in a way that suits you.
• Pay As You Go with Skype Credit - great for when you’re using Skype every now and again.
• Pay monthly with a subscription – best if you use Skype a lot.
System requirements:
• iOS 4.3 or above.
• Send and receive video using front or back camera on iPhone 4, iPad 2nd Generation, and iPod touch 4th Generation.
• Send and receive video using rear camera on iPhone 3GS.
• Receive video only on iPad 1st Generation and iPod touch 3rd Generation.
• Works with any H264 compatible devices, including TVs.
What's New in Version 4.0
-New feature: ability to move own video preview
-App auto restarts if unexpectedly shutdown
-Improved accessibility
-Improved stability
-New sign in screen
-Other minor UI improvements
-Bug fixes
iPad Screenshots
Customer Reviews
Fair
Pretty good but they must make it so you can block people!!! Creepy people Skype you!!! That bothers me... A lot! Please fix!!!
Battery drain for no reason!
It seems that Skype is STILL always running in the background unless you log out. Now it relaunches when the system has to kill it to give RAM to other apps, if understand correctly? A ridiculous waste of battery and RAM!
PUSH technology exists in iOS for a reason. All kinds of other services let you remain "logged in" and able to take INCOMING messages even when the app is not running--so the app doesn't stay running and burning battery. Examples: Meebo, AIM and lots of turn-based games. They launch when you ACCEPT an incoming communication request, and then they go dormant again when the conversation is over and you exit the app. Yet you still remain logged in unless you choose to log out.
Why can't Skype do something so basic? Making me log out to save battery means I can't get incoming calls.
To test this, log in, force quit Skype, make sure it is NOT in the fast-app-switcher (maybe reboot your device) and see if you can still get a call now that the app isn't running. It should launch only when you accept the call. Plenty of other communication apps can do that, thanks to push services. It's the modern, efficient way to multitask.
Contacts grid is just slowww and not useful
For the God's sake, please add normal list-style for displaying contacts, at least like on the desktop or iPhone version!
Come on, who does need that splash screen animation or buttons color change?? Just make the app USEFUL!
- Free
- Category: Social Networking
- Updated: Apr 30, 2012
- Version: 4.0
- Size: 19.1 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 - 2012 Skype Limited, Patents Pending. Skype, associated trade marks and logos and the "S" symbol are trade marks of Skype Limited
Requirements: Compatible with iPad.Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
