We haven't heard much more news about the VoIP over 3G on the iPhone debate that was a pretty hot a few months ago. It seems like users have quieted down on demanding the feature after AT&T promised they would allow such features over their networks.
An Apple-user blog asked the other day why they hadn't seen VoIP over 3G yet and got a response from Peter Parkes [1], a social media representative over at Skype. The Skype over 3G app has been around for some time, but it hasn't gone live on the iPhone because Apple (not AT&T) has not green-lighted the capability on the iPhone. The bloggers go further to speculate that Apple's feature-blocking might mean that they are saving the VoIP over 3G for the next release of the iPhone much like they did with video capabilities that could have easily worked for the original iPhone but were saved for later releases.
For more:
- read this blog post [2]
Related articles
Skype for Apple iPhone rolls out Tuesday [3]
AT&T extends VoIP over 3G to iPhone users [4]
Google Voice app pulled from iPhone App Store [5]
FCC probes Google Voice iPhone app removal [6]
Links:
[1] http://hiddenchemistry.com/
[2] http://www.9to5mac.com/iPhone-skype-3G-push-notifications-654643
[3] http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/skype-apple-iphone-rolls-out-tuesday/2009-03-30
[4] http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/t-extend-voip-over-3g-iphone/2009-10-06
[5] http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/google-voice-app-pulled-iphone-app-store/2009-07-28
[6] http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/fcc-probes-google-voice-iphone-app-removal/2009-08-03
[7] http://www.fierceenterprisecommunications.com/story/12-international-calling-skype/2010-01-19
[8] http://www.fierceenterprisecommunications.com/special-reports/skype-news
[9] http://www.fierceenterprisecommunications.com/story/skype-business-brings-new-talent/2010-01-14