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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. I'm not special anymore by jgtg32a · · Score: 4, Interesting

    One of the best parts about my iPhone being jailbroken was that little hack that let you use VOIP over 3g.

  2. What about multitasking? by itsme1234 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I assume multitasking is still missing so how's skype/fring going to work? "Call me so I can log in"? "While in a skype call - let me log out, I need to check this links/mail/etc?"

  3. Re:Lifted until? by Swift2001 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I agree. I was in the hospital recently, and the pretty nurse happened to notice that I had an iPhone. She was very curious about it. I showed her e-mail, and the browser, and google maps, and IHeartRadio, and she decided there and then she'd go and buy one. She came back the next day and waved it at me. Now, she's a nurse, she's reasonably clever, but not computer person. She does have a computer, and knows how to dock the phone with iTunes. Does she want a philosophical discussion about open v. proprietary? No. It's just got to work.