Skype For iPhone Is Full Of WIN!
We’re on vacation in Colonial Williamsburg, and the AT&T signal in and around our hotel sucks! This seems to be a common theme for me. At home, I have next to no AT&T signal. I swear, if it weren’t for the iPhone being such a loverly machine, I would never have gone with AT&T. Anyway, so we’re here in Williamsburg, and in the hotel, there is no cellular signal at all. But there is free, and fast, WiFi. So I fired up the Skype program on my iPhone and would you believe it worked a treat? It did. I have now made two calls with it. One to a restaurant in town, and the other to my brother-in-law back in GA to check on our dog. Both calls were crystal clear, with no lag or dropouts. I only have a 1G iPhone, so I can’t test it over the cellular network, but over WiFi, it was darn near perfect. I have a Skype unlimited subscription, so these calls were essnetially free. In any event, it was better than paying the $0.75 the hotel would have charged me for each call, plus whatever rate the local phone company charged. But beyond the cost, it was just plain cool! I’ve been a fan of Skype for several years and we use it extensively where I work. I call into meetings and conference calls using it all the time, and I only very rarely have problems. I am now equally impressed with Skype for iPhone. Great job, guys! Keep up the great work.
Legacy Comments
Robert McGovern — April 26, 2009 at 5:21 PM
Good to hear the positive comments about the app, I have it but have yet to be able to test it out yet.
Andy Coan — April 28, 2009 at 3:44 PM
That’s pretty sweet…I’m really not an iPhone fan, but using your cell where there is no cell signal is like “beating the system!” :)
Danny — May 4, 2009 at 7:36 AM
I know what you mean. I love my iphone, but I really wanted to go with Verizon. I almost got a Blackberry Storm and changed to he iphone at the last second.