Skype for iPad Launches in U.S. and Internationally [Updated x3]
After a brief appearance in the New Zealand app store, Skype for iPad has now launched internationally, including the U.S. The much anticipated iPad app offers Skype users 3G and Wi-Fi phone calls and video conferencing. From the release notes:
• Send and receive video using front or back camera on iPhone 4, iPad 2nd Generation, and iPod Touch 4th Generation.
• Send and receive video using rear camera of iPhone 3GS
• Receive video only on iPad 1st Generation and iPod touch 3rd Generation
Skype for iPad is a free download [App Store]. Skype for iPhone and iPod Touch remains available as a separate free download [App Store].
Update: Skype says the app was released prematurely, so they've pulled it.
Update 2: As noticed by Macerkopf.de, Skype for iPad has returned to the App Store. Skype has yet to issue an official announcement about the release, however, so it is unclear if this is the official launch or if it is once again being made available prematurely.
Update 3: Skype has now officially announced the release of Skype for iPad.
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11 months ago
Yahtzee!!!
Downloading now. Lets hope the push notifications work better than iPhone version.
Downloading now. Lets hope the push notifications work better than iPhone version.
11 months ago
I'm a little lost here. Why is Skype popular? Doesn't FaceTime do the same thing (video calls)? And, if I already have an iPhone in my backpack why do I need another app to take calls?
Skype is cross platform. FaceTime is not.
11 months ago
It's been pulled already? LOL... that's what happens when Microsoft gets involved!
As far as I'm aware, the takeover hasn't taken place yet
11 months ago
i had to click the link on from the article (first post).
This is the easiest way to find it.
11 months ago
Installed! Man I use Skype daily on my iPad. This will just make it easier to attend my 4 hours of daily calls :)
11 months ago
About time.
hmm
freezes, crashes and we have tested it on 64gb ipad2s
better stick with the iphone version
11 months ago
Is it just me, or does anyone else see
That's all I can see from update 2, and it looks like a mistake to me, but I can see it both on my iPhone and my iMac, but no one else has commented on it...
Edit: The footer for the article doesn't seem right either... the lines on the side of the article just end, rather than wrap around the bottom, and the buttons at the bottom to comment or like the article aren't on the different background. All the other footers for the other articles look fine...
Update 2: As
That's all I can see from update 2, and it looks like a mistake to me, but I can see it both on my iPhone and my iMac, but no one else has commented on it...
Edit: The footer for the article doesn't seem right either... the lines on the side of the article just end, rather than wrap around the bottom, and the buttons at the bottom to comment or like the article aren't on the different background. All the other footers for the other articles look fine...
11 months ago
I just clicked the link frm the article. Downloaded it and it works fine. Use the link in the article.
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