Great news for the VoIP world: iCall, the maker of the
iCall VoIP iPhone app that can catch a GSM call and flip it over to WiFi, has issued a press release saying that the new iPhone SDK allows for VoIP over 3G cellular connections. Previously such calls had to be made over WiFi, since AT&T's network (or someone well acquainted with AT&T's network) didn't think it was man enough to take the VoIP traffic. Interestingly, iCall says its 3G-friendly VoIP app is available now, and is the first and only such app in the App Store -- which seems like some pretty quick turnaround on everyone's part, but apparently the 3G restriction wasn't anything to do with the software itself, but instead a server-side block. We just tested this out and it totally works, and while we'll be looking for more verification that the ban has indeed been lifted, it sounds like it's time for some cheaply connected international parties in the streets.
posted January 27th 2010 10:07PM
VoIP over 3g is all well and good, if perhaps a bit unreliable. I'd be really excited if Skype added an iCall-like feature where you can intercept a phone call and shunt it over to Skype. I prefer to use Skype over wifi as my home, so switching calls dialed to my cell over to Skype would he awesome.
Finally!!! This stupid restriction was the main reason why you can`t use skype voip and app store when you`re on a VPN WiFi network. The stupid phone thinks you are trying to access these features through cellular internet.
VoIP it uP
No wonder they didn't put a microphone or camera on the iPad, they had to do something to sop up the revenue leakage...
Ok, this is a stupid question but does this mean Google Voice will be permitted now?