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08/13/2007, 1:20pm, EDT
Monday, August 13th
Skype, low-cost calling come to iPhone
Shape Services on Monday introduced Skype for iPhone. IM+ is the company's Web application designed for the Safari Web browser that accesses the Skype ecosystem from a mobile environment, allowing users to make phone calls using Skype. Designed specifically for the iPhone's touch-screen, IM+ for Skype iPhone is available for free to all iPhone users for a limited time. Users can talk to Skype contacts or call any landlines as well as mobiles. IM+ for Skype uses SkypeOut credits for voice communication to ensure cost-effective calling to any number around the world, and provides nearly free calling from an iPhone to any PC with Skype or any land-line/mobile number for SKype Unlimited and Skype Pro plan users.
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Now the link for the site is down. I hope nobody provided any personal information to them.
http://www.shapeservices.com/en/products/details.php?product=skype&platform=iphone
I have not found out how to register for this, but it appears the 404 at the web site linked in the article is because you haven't gone in as a registered user.
Anyone who figures out how to get in, let me know. ::grin::
http://www.shapeservices.com/en/index.php
But the service appears to use a "callback" system that calls the phone number I entered as my phone at the same time it is calling the number I wanted to call, rather than making the call over the internet. That was not quite was I was looking for- I wanted a way to place a call when I was away from my phones but had access to the internet.
It did make for a pretty funny scene as I used the Skype/iPhone to call both my home phone and my cell phone- I had no idea why all those phones were ringing.