Apple - iPhone, 3G and Skype.
March 18th, 2008
It was exciting news when apple released details of the SDK for developing iPhone applications last week. Watching the roadmap video I was very impressed with the direction that Apple have taken for rolling out the development of apps to third parties and distributing said apps in a brand new apps store.
Of particular interest (aside from the accelerometer controlled games) was the AOL messenger. It got me thinking about the messenger system we use to remote-connect at work - Skype.
With rumours rife around the whole subject of a G3 iPhone - and now the ability for third party developers to bring their apps to the worlds best mobile platform, it isn’t a great stretch to suppose that they’ll be skype for iPhone.
Obviously, the 2.5G EDGE network that the UK iPhone currently uses wouldn’t be enough to support VOIP calls - but with 3G support it’s not unthinkable that iPhone users will be calling each other for free - Using their O2 unlimited data.
I wait with bated breath to see what O2 (and by arbitration Apple) will do about this threat to their revenue. If Apple’s recent actions are anything to go by, there must surly be some kind of reaction to this.
