Skype on the iPhone
I downloaded Skype for the iPhone this morning and made a SkypeOut call (I phoned my bank’s helpdesk in NZ) to a) arrange for something, and b) to test the quality of the call. I was pleasantly surprised that the quality of the call was very good. My Internet connection here in Honduras is fairly poor, and there were a couple of jitters but in general the quality was as much as could be expected – or better – for an international phone call. I was also pleasantly surprised to find that my bank in NZ has people working at 3am NZT!
If Skype can use the Apple Push Notification system to alert of incoming calls when Skype isnt open, this will be an amazing app. I dont see why they shouldnt be able to either. In version 3.0 of the iPhone OS – when push notifications finally arrive – the developers can specify an audio clip to be played when a notification arrives, perhaps even a vibration. So if in the Skype app settings, I specify a certain ringtone from a list of available ringtones specified by Skype (im not sure if custom ringtones would work – actually, im not sure if the name of the audio file is sent through the push notification, or the actual audio file?), then those settings could be synced with Skype’s servers. When a call comes in, the Skype servers would send the message to the Push Notification system along with my chosen ringtone. How much data can be sent in the Push Notification’s? Would it only pop up as a standard notification box on my phone?
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