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1. Go to the Japan iTunes Store.
2. Create a new account without a credit card and enter any Japan address information (I entered the US embassy).
3. Confirm your account via email and voila!
4. Download Skype 7+ hours before everyone else in the US does.

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if this doesnt work for ipod touch, i think skype is useless]]>Mar 30th 2009 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/
I'll give you a hint: skype cost a whole lot less than minutes from a carrier. ]]>Mar 30th 2009 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/
besides, skype is cheap only if u have wifi (in office/home) which means u already have a phone free of additional charge. but if u r on the road, calling over 3g??? (considering how u have to pay for internet at starbucks, and myriad of other cafes and restaurants)

this is more useful on an ipod touch, not the phone]]>Mar 30th 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/Mar 30th 2009 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/
this will allow people to get the MINIMUM number of minutes and the talk as much as they want. Get it? Lat time I checked you HAVE to use Wi-Fi with VOIP apps on the iPhone.

This means that I can call friends and clients from the local coffee shop (not starbucks), for example and not use minutes on my account.

It also means that when I'm home, I don't need a land line, I don't need to sit in from of my computer to make calls, and I don't need to use minutes on my AT&T account

And no, this won't work on the Touch, since it has no microphone.
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The 2nd gen iPod touch does support microphones :) Not the first one, sadly ]]>Mar 30th 2009 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/Mar 30th 2009 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/Mar 30th 2009 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/Mar 30th 2009 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/Mar 30th 2009 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/Mar 30th 2009 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/Mar 30th 2009 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/
http://japanese.engadget.com/2009/03/30/iphone-skype/]]>Mar 31st 2009 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/Mar 30th 2009 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/Mar 30th 2009 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/]]>Mar 30th 2009 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/
That said, if you jailbreak, you can trick the phone in to thinking it's on WiFi all the time, even when it's on EDGE/3G.]]>Mar 30th 2009 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/Mar 30th 2009 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/
First impressions on skype for iphone
Review on skype for iphone
What would you change in skype for iphone?
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it HAS to happen.

maybe " Skypee KIRF"]]>Mar 30th 2009 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/Mar 30th 2009 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/Mar 30th 2009 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/

although, i am using 3.0 (dammit) .. lets see how this works with a bluetooth headset... :S ]]>Mar 30th 2009 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/Mar 30th 2009 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/Oh, no wait, that just the iPhone late to the ball...]]>Mar 30th 2009 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/
Right?

Right?]]>Mar 30th 2009 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/
In all seriousness, who is this dude who tests a new app on a prerelease (probably hacked) phone OS? Is he related to Mr. Blurrycam? Can't we get someone with a proper OS version to test Skype for those who are interested?]]>Mar 30th 2009 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/Mar 30th 2009 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/Mar 30th 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/
Maybe if AT&T had a data only iPhone plan with zero minutes with the option to use your cell for something like $0.20 a minute (like T-Mobile's "Total Internet" $40 internet-only plan) & you could use Skype on both 3G + WiFi, it would be totally worth it to a lot of people to just go without a bucket of minutes from their provider. But of course, it'll be a cold day in hell before they let that happen.

The cell companies want you suckling on their voice teet for as long as possible. Even though voice, data, sms, etc is basically all data anyways.]]>Mar 30th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/
EVDO-Rev A (think of it as 3G+ in terms of quality/consistency/coverage --also piggy back for free off of Verizon)

For $49/month, I get all of my ridiculously awesome SERO plan features (1250 anytime, unlimited data, tether via cooked ROM, unlimited N/W starting at 5PM, free m2m, unlimited MMS/SMS, etc etc) but for only $30/year, I also get unlimited Skype for mobile to mobile or mobile to landline or skype to skype (default).

I say for $30 a year, it's worth it.
I do come on occassions close to going over my 1250 anytime mins (despite the 5pm n/w via SERO), and that's when my unlimited EVDO-RevA data plan kicks in and when I resort to Skype for a mere $2.50/month.]]>Mar 30th 2009 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/
Why would they limit it to Wi-Fi?

I mean, is this Apple's doing or AT&T's? Because Skype works just fine on my Touch Pro using my EVDO-Rev A data plan.
That seems very restrictive and locked-down...almost pointless to even use since most of the time people will be without a Wi-Fi connection but will almost always have data connection capabilities.

Really stupid...]]>Mar 30th 2009 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/Mar 30th 2009 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/
BTW, EVDO-A is a 3g standard. If you want to compare different radio technologies within the 3g spec, you should compare EVDO - A to HSDPA or EDGE or whatever. EVDO-A is not "3g+" as it does not exceed 14.4Mbps.]]>Mar 30th 2009 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/Mar 30th 2009 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/Mar 30th 2009 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/Mar 30th 2009 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/Mar 30th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/If this is on a touch, neato. If some douchebag uses this on his iphone, lmao for you're as dumb as fuck.]]>Mar 30th 2009 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/
So, if I use this from home on my iPhone to make calls instead of using my minutes I'm dumb as fuck? Cool - dumb as fuck is pretty hip then.]]>Mar 30th 2009 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/
Sounds minor, but it'll make a difference for her. Difference for me, though, is it'll be my iPhone so I won't be able to dick around on Rolando while she's walking around the place talking!

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