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iPhone VoIP over 3G with iCall app.

voipmaster — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:09:40 +0000

Slashgear brings news that there is now a VoIP app in the Apple App Store for the iPhone (and iPod Touch) which allows IP calling over 3G networks.

The software, known as iCall allows for incoming call notification even when the application is not running.

This signals a lifting of the 3G VoIP calling restrictions which Apple imposed on iPhone apps.

Fring to launch iPhone app using Jailbreak installer

voipmaster — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:49:06 +0000

According to techcrunch.com, a new Israeli company, Fring, is to offer a native VoIP application for the Apple iPhone. Making this particularly interesting is that techcrunch.com reports that Fring will be using the iPhone ‘Jailbreak’ unlocking tool to get around Apple’s platform lockdown.

Fring appears to already provide their product for most other smartphone platforms.

JAJAH to provide iPhone native VoIP

voipmaster — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:51:42 +0000

Internet telephony company JAJAH is creating a native voice over IP application for the iPhone to be released later this year.

No word yet as to whether the JAJAH offering will allow the iPhone to utilise VoIP while also using other applications – a sticky point for Apple as the SDK does not directly allow for multitasking of ‘third-party’ applications.

The JAJAH native iPhone VoIP application is expected this summer.

iPhone VoIP could be hamstrung by SDK limitation.

voipmaster — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:48:07 +0000

iPhone users hoping to use Voice Over IP applications via the new SDK (Software Development Kit) may be in for some disappointment as it emerged that the SDK will only allow one application to run concurrently.

Seemingly, if you had a VoIP app running ‘listening’ for incoming calls over the network, you wouldn’t be able to use any other applications on the phone.

More details at gizmodo.