Skype for iPhone Coming Soon?

by on September 23, 2008 in App Reviews, WebApps

I certainly hope so! And that’s what the director of Skype, Josh Silverman hinted at, in his GigaOM’s 19min interview .

When asked ‘Where is Skype for the iPhone’, he replied “Stay tuned. We need to be on all devices.. Skype needs to be everywhere”.

Skype is already available for Pocket PC based devices and is actually a big hit. When Skype hits iPhone, it will certainly be one of the popular app downloads for sure. Click over to GigaOM to watch the full video.

Skype for iPhone or iPod Touch Right Now?

For those who are impatient and can’t wait for Skype to release a native iPhone, you are in luck.

Shape Services is offering an iPhone & iPod Touch optimized web service that lets you use Skype from iPhone. The web page itself is iPhone app like icons. You can call any of the Skype users all over the world with it. Make cost effective calls to any phone number at SkypeOut rates. Chat with your online friends in Skype.

You have to pay a nominal fee for this service:

Monthly $5.95
Lifetime License $29.95

skype Skype for iPhone Coming Soon?

To get this simply type s4iphone.com in your iPhone and purchase a subscription. You get 10 days of fully functional trial period if you’d like to try it first.

I signed up for the free trial and tried calling this Skype account on iPhone from another Skype account. The webapp showed the incoming call and then it switched over like it was a normal call on the iPhone. The call quality was pretty good too but I was on my home Wi-Fi at the moment. I will report back when I get a chance to test this on 3G/Edge in the next 10 days.

I would love to hear your thoughts on it too.

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    • http://www.thewwwblog.com/ Chetan

      Why to try the 3rd party apps when Skype is coming out officially for iPhone :)

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    • shriya

      When the official Skype app comes, it will probably become the most popular one as it’ll be even more useful for folks with the new iPod Touch. Until then, some folks can’t live without Skype. :-)

    • http://www.thewwwblog.com/ Chetan

      You can use Skype through Fring now, check its official site :)

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    • http://www.myrontay.com Myron Tay

      Fring looks fantastic. Will try it out.

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      [...] hasn’t come out with a native iPhone App yet and we just talked about Skype for iPhone. But, Fring has made making Skype calls from iPhone and iPod Touch a reality [...]