Free iPhone App for Skype launched, but not in Canada

EBay Inc., is planning to launch its Skype voice-over-internet phone service for the iPhone on Tuesday and for Research in Motion's BlackBerry handheld devices in May as part of its expansion from desktop computers to wireless devices.

But while iPhone owners around the world will be able to use the Skype application to call and message other Skype users for free using the Wi-Fi connections on their smartphones, Canadians won't be among them.

Chaim Haas, a public relations representative acting on behalf of Skype, said the application is available in every country in which the iPhone is on sale and in which Apple has an iTunes Store — with the exception of Canada.

Haas said this is because of patent-licence restrictions but would not elaborate except to specify that it is a patent issue related to Skype, not Apple.

Skype, which has more than 400 million users, is already available on Nokia phones, phones using Microsoft's Windows Mobile and phones based on Android, Google Inc.'s mobile system. But the iPhone and RIM's BlackBerry devices remain among the most popular advanced handsets.

Founded in 2003 and owned by eBay Inc. since 2005, Skype offers software that people can download and use for free in order to call other Skype users over the internet.

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AT&T to sell new iPhone without contract in U.S.

AT&T will sell the new eight-gigabyte iPhone for $599 US without a contract. (Jason DeCrow/Associated Press)

AT&T Inc. will sell the new version of the iPhone in the United States without a service contract for $400 US more than the price with a two-year plan, a break from the rules set when Apple Inc.'s popular touch-screen gadget debuted last year.

Two new models of iPhones go on sale July 11 for $199 US and $299 US depending on the amount of memory, with two-year AT&T contracts. The no-contract versions will cost $599 US and $699 US and will be sold sometime "in the future," AT&T said.

Buyers would then go month-to-month on AT&T's service. AT&T said the no-contract phones would be "locked" to work only on AT&T's network, as the contract-laden phones will be.

The new iPhones will have faster data access and more accurate navigation capabilities. The cheaper model will have eight gigabytes for internal memory, half that of the more expensive model.

The first version of the iPhone was sold in the United States without a contract, but AT&T would activate it only with a two-year contract. Many phones ended up being "unlocked" from AT&T's network and shipped overseas.

Also Tuesday, AT&T revealed that the iPhones will go on sale at 8 a.m. local time on July 11. Last year's iPhone launch, which happened in the evening, had Apple devotees camping outside stores in anticipation.

In Canada, the iPhone will be sold only on a three-year contract from Rogers Communications Inc. and its Fido subsidiary.

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