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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. Beginning of the end of telephony? by uzyn · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This could mean the beginning of the end of traditional telephony, ie. mobile carriers will soon simply become ISPs with no one using its voice/SMS/MMS services.

    1. Re:Beginning of the end of telephony? by slimjim8094 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Oh God I hope so. It goes great with VoIP on the home-line side.

      Why should there be a marginal cost to a phone call? There isn't - once you're paying for the infrastructure, it's free.

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  2. While we're at it... (other bluetooth profiles). by weston · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When is the iPhone getting that? The iPad can use a bluetooth keyboard, but the iPhone can't? What kind of crap is this?

    And while we're at it.... why not bluetooth syncing (with SYNCH, FTP, & OBEX), DUN for the touch and iPad, BPP (printing), and Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP)?

    This isn't just an Apple problem, by the way. This is an industry-wide problem right now: "bluetooth" means a lot of things and most of the market doesn't seem to care to specify what. The BSIG ought to require those using the Bluetooth logo to specify which profiles a device supports, for the sake of consumer awareness and market pressure.

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  3. AT&T has allowed VoIP on 3G network since Oct by daveschroeder · · Score: 5, Informative

    AT&T now allowing iPhone VoIP calls over 3G

    AT&T Greenlights VoIP For the iPhone

  4. 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?"

  5. Re:Lifted until? by jo_ham · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wait!

    So, first it's "Apple is evil, it;s so locked down! It sucks! They should open it!", and when they actually do open it up and enable new function that they had previously prevented (for whatever reason) it's "Apple is still evil! They will restrict it again!"

    Which is it?

    Do you want them to remove restrictions or not?