Skype

If you want skype on your iphone, then this is exactly that. It's the closest desktop to mobile app conversion I've seen so far.

Conference, chat, holding a call, muting a call, the sound fx, it's all in there!

Skype is pretty much the only IM/VoIP client I use; having it available on my iPhone enables me to keep my alternate mode of communication with me without my laptop. Just having it is worth 4 stars to me.

Doesn't work on a jailbroken phone. Ignore this app.

It only needs 3G support to be perfect!

great

Never really use it despite the free S2S calls...

Thank you so much Skype for coming out with this amazing application I have been waiting for this ever since I have gotten an Ipod touch! Thank you Apple for approving this amazing application!

I used Fring before this came out and I had problems all the time... I would open up the application, wait for 5 min for it to log in to try and avoid calling errors and then it would still tell me "call terminated, wait until login on". Plus the dialpad would never beep when I hit the buttons during a call so I could never acess my voicemail. Also the status I could never modify to show as invisible when I just didnt want to talk to my contacts.

With this Skype application I havent had any trouble at all... its perfect. Some things which are great about it are:
1) You have a great/working dialpad... This is EXTREMELY important since I have an Ipod touch and must have this to access my voicemail or to call 1(800) numbers that need me to press buttons to get to the correct dept(Fring dialpad doesnt work for this)
2) Starts calling as soon as you press the call button... with Fring you press call and can wait about 4-5 rings on the application before the call actually goes through
3) You can modify your status... I sometimes want to be invisible from my friends and with Fring I could never modify my status it always showed as online
4) Your contact list automatically transfer's as soon as you sign in... wow

I have an Ipod touch so I cannot wait for the new Iphone 3.0 firmware update (for ipod touch too) to come out so that I can connect my bluetooth headset in order to make phone calls on Skype without having to buy a funky external microphone to make calls.

I really just cannot believe how great it is that Apple allowed this application on iTunes! I mean, this application allows people to make calls without using their Iphone minutes (which probably makes AT&T mad since they want people to run out of theiir 450 minutes and buy more) and yet Apple still let this thing through the appstore just to make us happy. My iPod touch is an Iphone now for me since I am always around a wifi connection (at college, library, home, or starbucks)

Thank you again Apple and Skype

Awesome app as long as the app is running but hate the fact that if you are using another app skype is useless. If I am paying a monthly service I think I should be notified of missed calls or messages at all times. 5 stars if the app could be on all the time. Anyone agree?

Great, a new version, but... where is the update. No Push, no BT support, no 3G - here, have a landscape mode instead. What a... humongous disappointment.

it's called 'voice over INTERNET protocol', not 'voice over 3G'! VOICE OVER 3G IS CALLED A CELLULAR PROVIDER. of course you have to be on a WIFI network or else skype would be a cellular carrier in direct competition with AT&T and all the other providers. Why would ATT ever let skype use their network to provide $3 unlimited voice to their customers????? PLEASE go find some common sense. it's free. how on earth do you complain that a free app that is strictly voip doesn't work over EVDO? think before you review.

this app is absolutely amazing. just made my phone so very very international and made all ipod touches phones. i salute you, skype, inc.

So many jailbraked iPhones without Cydia updates. No wonder that your Skype crashes. Update the Cydia apps and the prob is gone.

This definitely needed more testing. While mine isn't crashing, as many others have reported, calls get dropped after about a minute or two. In addition, if you navigate to any other section of the app, such as My Info, or even turn off the screen on the iPhone, it automatically puts the call on hold until you get back to the Live Call. Definitely needs to be fixed. I'd really love to have my screen off to save battery life and not accidently touch any portions of the screen. Has the potential to be an excellent app for the iPhone once these issues are ironed out.

This update is a joke!! No push and no calls over 3g!! Are you kidding me!!!! It's going to be 7 months since push was announced.

My wife uses this to call friends and family overseas...it works great and the calling rates (0.02/minute) with no connection fee is outstanding--only caveat is you have to have a wifi connection to use it. This app would be totally outstanding if you could place calls using the 3G network...but I'm afraid AT&T will not allow that as it competes with their "rip-off" rates to call overseas on your mobile. AT&T...lower your International calls to compete with Skype and you would have no worries...

I like the app for the most part. it does the main job of calling but there are some things which i hate! EVERY SINGLE time im in a call and if i get another call( thru my normal carrier), get a text message (from regualar carrier), receive an alert from my calendar schedule, low battery notification,...etc,,, skype HANGS UP! this is very annoying esp if you get any of these mentioned above on a constant basis wether for work or pleasure. so skype,,,,fix this problem. THIS PROBLEM was not there in the very first version. at least, in the first version when i was on a skype call and would get any of these notifications or a regular call, the application would put the skype call on HOLD. which i thought was great but now this is annoying as hell. i have recall the person im talking to and keep apologizing! so until this annoying problem is fixed, i give it only 2 stars

Still No Bluetooth. Still No wifi. Still No conference. Stull No push. Not even one of these upgrades???? I guess I won't be renewing my yearly subscription in February.

Pros: Super nice interface, iPhone address book access, works well
Con: Would like control over my forwarding settings (for skype in)

I was so worried that iSkype was going to crash on me after just a couple of minutes of being in a call, like a lot of the reviews are saying, so I didn't get my hopes up and I decided to run a test call to another Skype account from my iPod Touch to my computer. I just let it sit there while I did other stuff and right now the call has been going on for 1 hour & 20 minutes and my iPod battery's about to die, so I'd say it's a blazing success. It makes me think the crashing happens more on iPhones than iPod Touches, maybe?

Also, the sounds are superb - just subtle enough so that they're unobtrusive, but nice and familiar. (In the PC version of Skype, the hang-up sound always nearly bursts my eardrums. Not so on this one.) Overall, the whole interface is so nice. I love having the mute/pause buttons right there on the screen during a call. I really think they thought of everything except chat notifications during a call - but I'm sure that's soon to come since everybody's been screaming about it. For the first version of an app, I am totally impressed and happy :) Probably the most excited I've ever been to download an app. It's kinda cool that they kept it such a huge secret! I hate having to wait for stuff that I know isn't coming out for a while.

OH, hey, FYI - as I've been writing this review, the 20% battery warning just popped up and it automatically put the call on hold when that happened instead of hanging up - pretty cool!!!

The app overall is great. The user interface, layout, and options are just what you'd expect on the desktop version. There are a couple of things that are quite needed:

1. Landscape Keyboard
I actually use Skype as my main IM client (but I don't IM all that often) so having landscape would really be a plus. Typing in portrait mode isn't that comfortable for my hand size.

2. Push Notifications
This kind of goes without saying, most IM clients for the iPhone/iPod Touch have push notifications. When I need to go check on my email or what have you, I want to be notified of new messages.

3. Stay Signed In
One thing that really annoys me the most is when I go to exit the app to check on a text or email, whatever, I'd like to be able to have it stay signed in so if I need to leave the app suddenly, my contacts don't think I just decided to end the conversation... What I would like to see is the ability to set a certain time period of how long you'd stay signed in, and then when that time is up it plays a sound (or use notification, vibrate, whatever).

Other than those three things it's great. And it's free so there's really no need to point out every feature, just download it!

It works great for the ipod touch 2G.. Only need to get a mic to talk.

Just downloaded it, the sound was great, calling, chatting all were easy and worked perfectly.