Mobilestead Blog

Just a few days ago I wrote about the upcoming launch of the Skype iPhone App. Today I noticed that on their blog they state: In less than two days, Skype for iPhone has been downloaded more than one million times – around six downloads every second. That's amazing growth for these type of applications and it's obvious that Skype will dominate in mobile VoIP as well. Read More

Crunchgear posted that tomorrow, March 31st, Skype will be added to the Apple App Store. This also gives iPod Touch users an ability to make calls over the WiFi network. They will need to purchase an external mic to do this. Its also worth noting that Fring and Truphone had Skype integration for months, but now we have a native Skype app which allows for IM, loading the avatars and more importanly to make the "callout" calls. Read More

After keeping quiet on its stance of Jailbreaking, Apple has formally come out saying that this is an illegal practice. Before today, they simply said that this modification would simply void the warranty. More info on the legal context at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). As we all know, Apple's iPhone comes with restrictions that prevent owners from running applications obtained from sources other than Apple's own iTunes App Store. Prior to iPhone 2.0 and AppStore, which came out in July 2008, jailbreaking ... Read More