I love a good rumor, especially when it’s about two great products. In this case, the rumor involves the popular VoIP messenger Skype (which has been downloaded over 400 million times) and the iPhone. GigaOM has it on good authority that an official Skype app for the iPhone will be showing up at the iTunes Application Store as early as next week during the CTIA Wireless industry event in Las Vegas.
Readers at Engadget point out that there are already several VoIP solutions for the iPhone (Nimbuzz and Truphone, to name two), but most of these are clumsy to use, at best. Skype products generally have a very polished feel about them, and we will be watching this news closely as the story develops.
Skype on the iPhone would be awesome! Looking forward to reading more about it next week at BigBlueBall!
Skype on the iPhone? Sweet news. It’ll be even sweeter when push notifications arrive with 3.0.
The rumor has been confirmed. Skype for iPhone will be released sometime on Tuesday, March 31st. We’ll put together a review as soon as we get our hands on a copy.