Today saw the launch of the Skype iPhone app. I’ve installed the app and so far I’m impressed. A few initial calls to people in the office all worked really well. I have just try to call friends in America but sadly even the iPhone app doesn’t get round the fact they never answer the phone! The only downside is that I will now be subjected to those spam Skypers, who regularly send messages wanting to know me better, wherever I am.

VOIP has always been a very controversial subject as far as the iPhone is concerned. Until now the only way to use Skype was to brick/unlock your iPhone. So this is really a great milestone as Apple finally back down to mainstream VOIP usage.

Sadly the app can only be made whilst connected to WIFI and not on 3G or other data connections. This isn’t because of call quality (as 3 have been allowing Skype enabled handsets on their network since 2007) but O2 protecting their call revenues, again.

Skype’s next platform will be the Blackberry in May.