Not Much There.

Followed the link, looks like a skype operation but with further inspection I think it is a non-skype entity, porting to skype. Then they ask you for your username and password, plus phone number. Looks like a bit of a scam.

The URL is registered by someone in Europe with only a year lease. If this was really Skype doing this, one would think they would have taken a wee bit more effort into it.

Now the link for the site is down. I hope nobody provided any personal information to them.

Info about this at:

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::

This is a service that accesses the Skype API, not endorsed, etc. by Skype.

The URL to ShapeServices is below. They have provided IM+ for Palm, Blackberry and other mobile phone platforms for a number of years.

http://www.shapeservices.com/en/index.php

Well, I finally found it, there was an "enter" button that I either missed, or wasn't there when I previously looked.

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.