{"id":28,"date":"2009-03-31T12:30:23","date_gmt":"2009-03-31T17:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iphoneca.wordpress.com\/?p=28"},"modified":"2009-03-31T12:30:23","modified_gmt":"2009-03-31T17:30:23","slug":"skype-for-iphone-awesome-and-getting-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.glensharp.com\/iphone\/skype-for-iphone-awesome-and-getting-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Skype for iPhone: Awesome and Getting Better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Om Malik has a lot of praise for the new Skype client for iPhone which was released today in the US (and not yet in Canada) iTunes store.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2009\/03\/30\/review-skype-for-iphone-verdict-awesome\/\">Review: Skype for iPhone. Verdict: Awesome.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apparently Skype for iPhone works on WiFi only and has almost complete desktop functionality except that multi-chat requires some window switching and video is not supported. These limitations are determined by the iPhone&#8217;s screen size and lack of video support from its camera not the Skype software.<\/p>\n<p>(Via <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\"><\/a>GigaOm.)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"500\">\n<tr>\n<td><b>iPhone for Skype Call<\/b><\/td>\n<td>               <\/td>\n<td><b>iPhone for Skype Contacts<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"thumbnail\"><a href=\"http:\/\/skitch.com\/glenesharp\/bkncf\/photos-inside-skype-for-iphone-cnet-reviews\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.skitch.com\/20090331-mhqu3jsfmec5aisik5xfrxb1es.preview.jpg\" alt=\"Photos: Inside Skype for iPhone - CNET Reviews\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>               <\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"thumbnail\"><a href=\"http:\/\/skitch.com\/glenesharp\/bknps\/photos-inside-skype-for-iphone-cnet-reviews\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.skitch.com\/20090331-cuy564gn5hidmir3cqejui7f42.preview.jpg\" alt=\"Photos_ Inside Skype for iPhone - CNET Reviews\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\nLifehacker also has news, <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5191834\/skype-for-iphone-brings-reliable-voip-to-your-pocket\">Skype for iPhone brings reliable VoIP to your pocket<\/a>, and has even started a rumour that the next Skype for iPhone version will be able to work over the 3G network once iPhone OS3 is available sometime in June.<\/p>\n<p>Tidbits is also enthusiastic about <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/tidbits_main\/~3\/BM-Auhse94o\/10175\">Skype VoIP for iPhone<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Om Malik has a lot of praise for the new Skype client for iPhone which was released today in the US (and not yet in Canada) iTunes store. Review: Skype for iPhone. Verdict: Awesome. Apparently Skype for iPhone works on WiFi only and has almost complete desktop functionality except that multi-chat requires some window switching [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-application-review"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Glen Sharp","author_link":"http:\/\/www.glensharp.com\/iphone\/author\/iphoneca\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Om Malik has a lot of praise for the new Skype client for iPhone which was released today in the US (and not yet in Canada) iTunes store. 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