Skype on the iPhone.
Dear all:
According to an article on Macworld AT&T as announced that it would start allowing users to use Skype for long distance calls over its wireless network without forcing them to use Wi-Fi. The link to the article is the following:
http://www.macworld.com/article/143165/2009/10/att_voip.html
This article was published on October 6 (almost a month ago) and I thought that by now Skype would already be working. Sadly I just tried and for some reason I get a message on my iPhone stating that I need to be online in order for Skype to work.
What gives ? Have a failed to do something I need to do in order to make Skype work on my phone ? I have checked and my iPhone currently has the latest version of Skype available for download ? Any ideas ?
Thank you in advance,
JRC
Does anyone know who to talk to at Apple to get any information on this? Customer support is very friendly, but has no idea what's up with this.
I was hoping to find out what the time frame is for Apple's update to the AppStore policy on VoIP over 3G. I purchased the iPhone specifically for its ability to to use Skype in order for my wife to talk to her family in the UK while we live in the US. On other AT&T phones (Windows based), Skype can use the 3G network for communication. If Apple's written policy doesn't change soon, I will have to return my iPhone (which I do indeed like) for a Windows phone.
-Suds
References:
AT&T's announcement:
http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=27207
Skype's response (Tero Hurskainen's comment 1/2 way down):
http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=390841
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