Skype Coming to the iPhone; Other Options Available

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Skype may be coming to the iPhone soon. Officials from the VOIP developer at CES are telling numerous attendees and members of the press that a native Skype application will soon debut for the iPhone, hot on the heels of an edition for Google's Android OS. It is not yet known whether the application will work over 3G and EDGE networks or only WiFi.

A number of Skype-compatible, VOIP applications are already available for the iPhone, though none support Skype's group chat functionality. Aong the current options:

IM+
Fring
Nimbuzz
Truphone (iPhone

Calls between Truphone and Skype are free over Wi-Fi.

Topics:: Applications

Tags:: VOIP,; fring,; truphone,; Skype

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by tabaks January 10, 2009 1:31 PM PST: Whatever, Truphone DOES NOT SUPPORT SKYPE! I don't know who propagates this lie but it is outrageous. Also, their website does not even mention this is in the works. So, stop advertising false claims!; Reply to this comment

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