Skype for iPhone now live in US

It's finally here, and even a few minutes early. Skype for iPhone is now available in the US iTunes store, free of charge. We've heard great thing from the folks in Japan who've been fiddling with it for the last twelve hours, and so far it's sounding pretty good for us, too, with only minor hiccups. Not sure if it's a glitch, but despite what we heard earlier, we seem to be able to dial out while on 3G and not over WiFi (at least running OS 3.0 beta). Hit up the read link for quickest route to the app store page, and let us know what you think. Betcha wish you could ditch that AT&T voice plan now, huh?

Update: We're getting reports the app is crashing for jailbroken iPhones -- and possibly non-jailbroken ones as well. We just got our first denial when dialing out over 3G via a popup notification, but it only happened once and we were back to old habits one call later. We did experience a brief period where no sound was coming through, but that might have something to do with using OS 3.0 and was remedied by restarting the phone.

Update 2: So far, it looks like dialing over 3G's only working for those with OS 3.0 beta, but unfortunately all of us in that situation are now suffering from frequent crashes and loss of audio. Things seem to be going smoothly for those running the latest non-beta firmware, but the calls only work over WiFi. That said, when using the app as intended (non-beta firmware over WiFi), audio quality was surprisingly good, far better than any third party apps we've used.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 31st 2009 12:29AM]

I can't sign in, it crashes every time I try to enter my login details.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 31st 2009 10:46AM]

Same exact thing happens to me. Is your phone jailbroken?.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 31st 2009 11:11AM]

Update mobile substrate and you'll be fine. Worked for me :)

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 31st 2009 2:37PM]

updated mobile substrate in cydia and now it works like a charm... thanks for the tip!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 31st 2009 12:33AM]

Signs in for me, but crashed twice within the span of less than a minute.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 31st 2009 12:50AM]

sounds fun ... but i dont have an iphone :P

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 31st 2009 1:34AM]

tap user id --> crash,, tap on password --> crash,, tap on "create account" --> crash
is this a pre-pre-pre-alpha software?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 1st 2009 2:34AM]

The application is crashing like there is not tomorrow. I wasn't able to make or receive a single call. Is there a QA department?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 31st 2009 8:11AM]

Installed this morning (Uk). No crashing issues on latest version of FW, have been reading that jailbroken phones are having issues. Cracking app

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 31st 2009 10:32AM]

No sign in the Canadian store yet....

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 31st 2009 9:28AM]

JB iphone 3G on 2.2.1 . . . getting same results as others who tap on ID entry box. crash. happens consistently.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 31st 2009 10:34AM]

Jailbroken 1G on 2.2.0.... crashes as soon as I launch it. Can't even get past the splash screen. This sucks...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 31st 2009 12:04PM]

yeah still nothing in Canada... damn it

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 31st 2009 2:11PM]

For all you who are running JB iphones...you get what you pay for. Works great on my ATT iphone 3G 2.2.1. However skype does need to add a very important feature..support for bluetooth headsets.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 31st 2009 6:01PM]

running this badboy on a 3g iphone and only crashed once. updated the mobile thingy in cydia and had a nice long conversation. even bought the unlimited world for my wife so she could call home and not one problem. well not being able to use a bluetooth is kind of a problem.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2009 2:05AM]

What do you guys mean by cydia? What is it and how do I get it on my iphone?