Skype Comes to iPhone and Available on App Store

by Simon Ng on April 1, 2009



Skype for iPhoneSkype Inc., has officially released Skype for iPhone and it is now available for free on App Store. With Skype, you can make voice call to your friends or family or co-workers on Skype totally free, as long as you’re connected to Wifi network.

Other than voice calls, Skype can also serves as Instant Messenger, that allows you to view who’s online and sends messages between each other over cellular or Wifi network.

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You can download Skype for iPhone via this direct iTunes link.

[Image via Skype]

Update #1: Skype is available for all countries except Canada.

Update #2: If you’re using jailbroken iPhone and experienced crash issues on Skype, you may check out this post about how to fix the Skype crash issue.

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Future Technology » Blog Archive » How to Use Skype over 3G/EDGE on iPhone
April 17, 2009 at 3:24 pm

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1 Thai April 2, 2009 at 12:35 am

My 2G IPhone could not run skype for long. It disappeared a few seconds after logging in. Do you suggest something to fix this?

Thai.

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2 Simon Ng April 2, 2009 at 8:14 am

@Thai, I suggest you upgrade the Mobile Substrate to the latest version. And, this will resolve the issue. For details, please check out this post.

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3 emile September 6, 2009 at 9:45 pm

where do I download skype for the 2g?

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4 Simon Ng September 7, 2009 at 12:42 am

@emile, you can download it from App Store. Just search “skype” in App Store to locate it.

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