The Skype mobile app for the iPhone is great for saving phone costs, especially when travelling in a foreign country. Beware that depending on your phone service provider’s contract, you perhaps may only use the phone function on a WiFi network.
Price: free
Would I buy again: Definitely
Learning Curve: Intermediate
Who is it for: Anyone who uses Skype on their computer, anyone who wants to save phone costs.
Version tested: 1.2.2 on iPhone 3G, OS 3.1.2
Comparable Apps: TruPhone, Beejive, Fring
Available Languages: English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Chinese, Danish, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
This App was tested by Kira
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The Skype iPhone app is a great cost saver. You might know the program for your computer. If not: Skype is a free chat- and Voice over IP software. It lets you make free calls to the people you have added to your skype contacts. So let’s have a look at it.
This is how it works:
- When you call up the app, it will either ask you for your skype login or sign you in automatically
- If you have an account with skype, the app will retrieve your contacts and personal info now
- Next, your online contacts will be displayed
- You can tap a contact and chose to call – this will only work over WiFi – or chat with the person
- Calls might only work on WiFi for you, depending on your phone service provider
- Chatting will work over the phone network
- The skype app saves your chat conversations (tap “chats” at the bottom) and displays them in a cute speech bubble style
- You also have a dialing pad (tap), your dilaing history (tap) and the possibility to edit your skype info
- Once you close the app, you are disconnected from skype, so you won’t be able to be contcted via Skype anymore
If you’ve been using Skype on your computer, you will be a native to the app. If you’re new to Skype, you will gueranteed enjoy its cost saving quality.
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