Rumor: Skype for iPhone Lands Tomorrow

[Vincent Ferrari]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10206786-2.html' target='_blank'>http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109...10206786-2.html</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Months after teasing us at CES with an announcement of Skype's native VoIP client for the iPhone, the free Skype for iPhone will finally be available to download from the iTunes App Store sometime on Tuesday. We got a chance to sit down with the application's principal engineer before the announcement was made at CTIA 2009, to see Skype for iPhone do its thing"</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1238417146.usr18053.jpeg" /></p><p>I'm kind of excited about this one.&nbsp; I have friends in London and Israel that I use Skype to talk to; this would make that process a whole lot more convenient seeing as I won't have to be tethered to a computer to talk.&nbsp; I was going to invest in one of those Skype phones, but frankly, they're all grossly overpriced.&nbsp; Tomorrow should be an interesting day for Skype fans!</p>

[ptyork]

Would I be unpopular if I pointed out the obvious limitations with regard to background processing and receiving incoming calls and messages? Yes? Okay, never mind. :)

Hopefully the notification system will help alleviate this with 3.0. However, I'm not convinced that the potential latency of the notifications will not make real-time call notification feasible.

[Vincent Ferrari]

Would I be unpopular if I pointed out the obvious limitations with regard to background processing and receiving incoming calls and messages? Yes? Okay, never mind. :)

Hopefully the notification system will help alleviate this with 3.0. However, I'm not convinced that the potential latency of the notifications will not make real-time call notification feasible.

I think you're right, btw. I'm thinking for more of a "I need to make a skype call" than "I need my skype number working all the time" thing, but yes, that no background thing really does prove to suck right about now.

[Darius Wey]

Rumor: Skype for iPhone Lands Tomorrow

It's the real deal. The app is already available in the Australian App Store. I'm assuming it'll hit the US store when it's Tuesday there.

[WyattEarp]

Skype available in the US iTunes store at 11:30pm Monday night. works very nicely too.