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| iPhone users to get Skype service | iPhone users to get Skype service |
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| Skype has said that iPhone users will be able to use its internet telephony service to make calls, but only using wi-fi and not the mobile network. | Skype has said that iPhone users will be able to use its internet telephony service to make calls, but only using wi-fi and not the mobile network. |
| The firm's native voice over internet protocol (VoIP) application - Skype for iPhone - will be available for download from Apple's iTunes store on Tuesday. | The firm's native voice over internet protocol (VoIP) application - Skype for iPhone - will be available for download from Apple's iTunes store on Tuesday. |
| The new service will allow users to make free calls to Skype users, but will charge for calls to other numbers. | The new service will allow users to make free calls to Skype users, but will charge for calls to other numbers. |
| The UK's first Skype handset was launched by network 3 in 2007. | |
| Rival applications from Fring and TruPhone are already available for the iPhone. On Monday, TruPhone announced a flat rate charge of £25 a month for unlimited Voip calls to mobiles and landlines in 64 countries. | Rival applications from Fring and TruPhone are already available for the iPhone. On Monday, TruPhone announced a flat rate charge of £25 a month for unlimited Voip calls to mobiles and landlines in 64 countries. |
| Unlike traditional mobile calls, which are transmitted over a cellular network, Skype turns your voice into data and sends it over the internet. | Unlike traditional mobile calls, which are transmitted over a cellular network, Skype turns your voice into data and sends it over the internet. |
| After a quick play with the new application, I must say I'm sceptical Rory Cellan-Jones, Technology correspondent, BBC News Read more on dot.life | After a quick play with the new application, I must say I'm sceptical Rory Cellan-Jones, Technology correspondent, BBC News Read more on dot.life |
| Some mobile Voip applications allow users to make internet telephone calls over wi-fi and the cellular network. | Some mobile Voip applications allow users to make internet telephone calls over wi-fi and the cellular network. |
| In the case of Skype, while calling another Skype user will be free, calling an actual phone number via the service will incur a cost. | In the case of Skype, while calling another Skype user will be free, calling an actual phone number via the service will incur a cost. |
| Iphone users will not be able to make Skype calls, either to Skype contacts or to landlines, over the mobile network, something users of Skype on the UK mobile network 3 can do, and have to use a wi-fi hotspot. | Iphone users will not be able to make Skype calls, either to Skype contacts or to landlines, over the mobile network, something users of Skype on the UK mobile network 3 can do, and have to use a wi-fi hotspot. |
| Watching the pennies | Watching the pennies |
| Many of Skype's other features - such as video conferencing and the ability to receive a second Skype call - have been left out, although the firm did not rule them out in the future. | Many of Skype's other features - such as video conferencing and the ability to receive a second Skype call - have been left out, although the firm did not rule them out in the future. |
| A number of Skype's features have been removed for the iPhone version | A number of Skype's features have been removed for the iPhone version |
| "We're considering video carefully but we have a really high bar on the quality," said Skype's chief operating officer Scott Durchslag. "If we do it we will have to do it incredibly well." | "We're considering video carefully but we have a really high bar on the quality," said Skype's chief operating officer Scott Durchslag. "If we do it we will have to do it incredibly well." |
| Mr Durchslag said he had high hopes for the application. | Mr Durchslag said he had high hopes for the application. |
| "The number one request we get from customers is to make Skype available on iPhone," he said. | "The number one request we get from customers is to make Skype available on iPhone," he said. |
| Skype plan to launch a service for BlackBerry users in May. | Skype plan to launch a service for BlackBerry users in May. |