3 just made Skype on its mobiles completely free: the network’s just announced a new pay as you go SIM card with no monthly subscriptions that’ll make Skype calls for absolutely zilch. The best bit of all: it’ll cost just £2!
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Nintendo has dropped a few hints about a possible VoIP service for the new DSi console. Skype seems like an obvious choice, what with it being the most prolific VoIP service around and everything. Not to mention the fact it has already come to PSP. Hardware-wise, there’s nothing stopping it, but now Nintendo has denied having any plans to support Skype on its handheld.
The iPhone version of Skype appears to be blocked from making calls on jailbroken handsets. It looks like the networks just stepped up the war against VoIP, so read on for all the info on the blower battle that’s brewing.
Nintendo top dog Satoru Iwata just let slip something very strange about the Nintendo DSi, loosely talking about use of the handheld as a phone. Read on to find out why we think he might be cooking up a cut-price phone service, with the DSi at its very core.
The Skype iPhone client is here and has turned out to be a much bigger hit than even Skype expected. Two million of you have grabbed a copy in just two days.
Skype’s new iPhone client is restricted to use over a Wi-Fi connection by Apple’s terms of service. Strange then that those with access to the iPhone OS 3.0 beta say the Skype on iPhone app works over 3G too.