Skype for iPhone and BlackBerry: It’s official

Reuters just published that Skype will launch its service for iPhone on Tuesday during a press conference at CTIA, and it will be available in May for BlackBerry Mobile Phones. Skype Chief Operating Officer Scott Durchslag said he has high hopes for the application’s success on Apple Inc’s popular iPhone as he expects Skype’s most feature-rich mobile offering to appeal to new and existing customers.

Skype for iPhone allows to use the phone numbers directly from the iPhone address book, so users do not need duplicate lists. Skype’s screens are well organized and use the iPhone’s ability to add filters, for instance, to sort your contacts alphabetically, or by who’s online. There’s chatting as well, though Skype’s flagship feature is its VoIP calling that’s free to other Skype users and an inexpensive per-minute fee to landlines. Calls on Skype for iPhone work only if you’re in range of a Wi-Fi network, so your call quality will in part be at the mercy and strength of wireless networks nearby–calls will not work over the cell phone network on the iPhone.
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