Skype has launched video-calling on the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch.
The updated free Skype app is now live in the Apple App Store. The video-calls are free and can be over WiFi and 3G.
Skype is the first major player to offer free video-calling and it will go head to head with Apple's own FaceTime technology, which is restricted to WiFi only.
Using the service over 3G will, of course, eat up users' data allowances from the mobile networks. Skype says its use of data is "efficient", but it advises people to use a WiFi connection when possible.
Skype video-calls can be made between iDevices and with laptops and PCs with Skype installed.
What's New in Version 3.0
Improvements:
• Make Skype to Skype video calls on WiFi and 3G*
• Call Skype desktop users (Mac OS X or Windows) and other iPhone users.
• Two-way video calls supported on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch 4th gen.
• Receive only video supported on iPad and iPod touch 3rd gen, with no camera.
• Make video calls in portrait and landscape.
• Skype video calling requires iOS 4.0 or above.
*Additional Data charges may apply
• Make Skype to Skype video calls on WiFi and 3G*
• Call Skype desktop users (Mac OS X or Windows) and other iPhone users.
• Two-way video calls supported on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch 4th gen.
• Receive only video supported on iPad and iPod touch 3rd gen, with no camera.
• Make video calls in portrait and landscape.
• Skype video calling requires iOS 4.0 or above.
*Additional Data charges may apply
It's thought Skype is planning similar moves for Android and Windows Phone 7 smartphones, but whether calls will be cross-platform isn't known.
Here's the Skype App Store link.
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