Skype introduced iPhone 3G app by Magdalena Rosova

A brand new Skype Web telephony application was launched on Sunday and it's popularity among people is amazingly growing. Since Sunday already 5 million consumers have downloaded the application which for the first time allows users of iPhone to use Skype over the cellular network. Before Sunday people could use Skype on iPhone only when they were connected to Wi-Fi. Despite the fact that Wi-Fi is spreading quite fast and one can find it in most of coffee shops, homes, offices and shopping centres, it is still not everywhere. The new application makes it possible to be on Skype all the time, not just when there is Wi-Fi around. Skype's general manager Russ Shaw told that mi! llions global users of iPhone had already downloaded the application. Shaw commented it was really positive for the company. It was a Skype spokeswoman who said more exact number of nearly five million downloads by Wednesday morning. Most downloads came from Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific region, which are also Skype's three main operating regions. But Skype was criticized for its announcement that next year it would charge for 3G calls through Skype. If Skype really did swhat it promised, it would be a huge turnaround, because Skype became popular because it's calls were always free, no matter whether you use it on computer or phone. But Shaw opposed that the company needed the money to provide the good quality of 3G calls. Shaw promised to give more specific details about pricing plans soon and concluded that he could not ignore the fact that people used them for free.

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by Magdalena Rosova for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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