norman Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Skype for the iPhone is out. Go to iTunes/apps and search for Skype. It's there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegasus1 Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Eh????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheman Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Once you get electricity in your remote farm you will find out about all these fangled gadgets...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Thats put the cherry on the top i have to say! The I phone is just the business! SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 Probably the most useful app on the device now. Brilliant bit of kit - Simon P rang me from it yesterday and it was like he was in the other room. Oh, one more thing - Skype for Mac have just brought out a Beta version that improves the interface and provides the facility to share screens - great if you want to illustrate something. Perhaps there is already a Windows version that does the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I just heard about the Mac version and am downloading it onto my laptop as I type this. My Mac became a public phone across in Airvault last week as I have the account that allows unlimted European calls - there was almost a queue forming outside Togsie's and my room each evening! The queue was for Skype I might add, at no time was Togsie offering personal services of any description.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 Well, what happens beyond the FIR boundary, stays beyond. Togsie's leather and bondage secrets are something he should be proud of! {In jest of course}. Skype is a godsend for me trotting about as I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Me too - last year I used Skype in over thirty countries, saving me an absolute fortune in telephone calls. All except Belarus where, strangely, I could not login to the system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcs Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 last year I used Skype in over thirty countries, . Bragger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 Wodens, you may find that you cannot use Skype in the Emirates either, they filter the calls and stop them... arses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 last year I used Skype in over thirty countries, . Bragger Nooo, I didn't mean it like that! I just pointed out that Skype has saved me a small fortune because of the fact that, like Norman, my job takes me abroad a lot of the time. I was told by a friend at the FO that Belarus won't allow Skype simply because it is difficult to monitor, whereas mobiles and landlines are simple - not too sure how accurate that statement was. I am scheduled to visit Dubai this summer so will remember that, and I'm guessing that I'm not going to be able to use it in Pyongyang in June either.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 The way around it (the restrictions) is to use a virtual tunnel to fool the system. The Virtual Private Network (VPN) gets around the restriction for around £35 a year. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_P Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Wodens, you may find that you cannot use Skype in the Emirates either, they filter the calls and stop them... arses! That'll be the 'Big Bad P®oxy Server' problem. There are ways round it, as my big bro in Dubai still uses Skype. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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