Skype for iPhone
Skype is all set with its new iPhone application which has net based phone service to Apple’s mobile platform. This Skype iphone app will give users benefit of making free calls using Wi-Fi to other Skype users and much reduced price calls to landlines.
With its marvellous features user may get disappointed that calls are only possible via Wi-Fi not over cellular networks. But for international calls Skype’s iPhone app will save callers money by just avoiding AT & T’s wireless phone network. You can sign in using 3G, WiFi, GPRS or Edge and can send instant message to whoever is online. Skype features five tabs at the bottom of the screen unlike the desktop version. It displays contacts, chats, a calling panel, call history and your profile which is more like facebook style. Skype for iPhone uses phone numbers directly from your phone’s address book so you save the effort of duplicating contacts. Photos of the contacts can be displayed and conferences also possible. iPod touch users too can enjoy Skype but with a purchase of a microphone or headphones with built in microphones similar to the iPhone’s.
It misses many of the features its desktop version has like SMS, video and proper conference calling, file transfer, and voicemail.