Has Skype skipped? It's missing from the app store

If you have Skype on your iPhone, hang onto it. As of this morning it seems to be MIA from the app store. The reason? Unclear. It could be that a new version is about to roll out. It could be that AT&T/Apple are unhappy with the app. It could be a glitch. There is an update. See our note below.

The app is also missing from international versions of the app store. There is still a link to the app on the Skype web page, but the link fails with a warning that Skype is not available. An iTunes app store search also fails to turn it up.

People were excited to get Skype on the iPhone when it was released, but there was a let down when it turned out that voice calls could only be made on a Wi-Fi network. There were hints that AT&T was going to allow Skype to use the 3G network, but that hasn't happened yet.

We've got questions about this into Apple and Skype. You'll know more when we do.

Update: Folks at Skype say "We've identified the fault which meant that Skype for iPhone was unavailable for some people – should be back to normal in a few hours."

Seems odd, but we'll take them at their word. Keep an eye out and see if Skype returns to the app store.

Latest Update: Skype is back up at the app store. The app is still version 1.22 which was posted in September.