iPhone 3.0 allows you to make Skype calls over 3G - Video

As expected, Skype showed up in the iPhone App Store today. But iPhone users who have upgraded to the developer preview of the iPhone 3.0 software are noticing a special feature: They can make Skype calls over 3G wireless network connections.

Skype for the iPhone is only supposed to be able to make voice calls over WiFi connections. This has nothing to do with bandwidth and everything to do with AT&T not wanting customers to use its 3G network to make VoIP calls and avoid AT&T fees.

But for some reason, iPhone OS 3.0 users are able to get around this restriction. For now anyway. A word of caution for anyone who was thinking of downloading an illegal copy of iPhone OS 3.0 to try out this feature: it probably won't work. You need to be a registered developer to use the latest OS. And by the time it's available to the public I'm guessing this feature bug will be squashed.

You can check out a video of Skype for iPhone working over a 3G network from 9to5Mac after the break.

[via SlashGear]

Tags: iphone-os-3.0, skype, skype-for-iphone