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With New SDK, VoIP Over 3G Apps Now Working On iPhone

Posted by timothy on from the try-reading-that-headline-15-years-ago dept.

silverpig writes "Yesterday marked the announcement of the Apple iPad device, and with it came a new version of the SDK. In this new version, Apple has lifted the VoIP over 3G restrictions that limited VoIP traffic to wifi only. This morning, Fring announced that its iPhone app is 3G-capable starting immediately. No update is needed as apparently the app had 3G capability all along, but a server-side block prevented its use. Furthermore, apparently a 3G-capable version of Skype has been ready for some time now, and has been waiting for this restriction to be lifted."

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  1. Interesting by whisper_jeff · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bluetooth headset, iPad, 3G connection. Ding!

    1. Re:Interesting by whisper_jeff · · Score: 2, Funny

      There's a rather obvious joke about telcos already being dumb pipes that just seems to write itself...

  2. Re:I'm not special anymore by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess you could go catch a virus thats exclusive to Jailbroken iPhones. Would that make you feel better?

  3. Re:Lifted until? by ColdWetDog · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apple is still evil until it was never evil from the beginning.

    Now don't go getting all biblical on us. Won't work because we understand recursion.

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  4. Re:My understanding.... by Wesley+Felter · · Score: 2, Funny

    No. He's just showing off.

  5. Re:Lifted until? by elh_inny · · Score: 2, Funny

    I know this is Slashdot, so I won't even ask if you got her phone number, did you at least get her IPhone's IP or IMEI address? :)

  6. Re:Mighty big assumption by Pyrus.mg · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, it runs over the 3g data network so it is infinitely more bandwidth intensive than a voice call.

    Infinitely more? No wonder AT&T can't build a good enough network for the iPhone.