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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on August 23, 2007

The iPhone? No third-party applications that aren't on a web browser. Certainly no VoIP applications on the handset itself. AT&T would likely not allow it. There's no way to do an IP-based call from the iPhone that I am aware of.
There are plenty of VoIP-enabled services that are cool, but use it on the backend. For example, GrandCentral, TalkPlus, Jajah, Jangl, Numbr, and a metric ton of others. The call to or from the mobile handset occurs over the mobile phone network.
When I see blog posts like this one from Vinay over at Free VoIP Solution that says VoIP is coming to the iPhone, I have to call BS. Oh sure, their product works with the safari browser on the iPhone, so what? Most of the other services I mention also probably work with the iPhone browser as well. Jajah posted a video to YouTube showing how it works. Do they bring VoIP to the iPhone too? Bah!
Am I right or am I being overly precise in my expectations? Post your thoughts in the comments.
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Response from:
luca
(08/23/07 6:29am)
Can't agree more.
Response from:
Ben Whitaker
(09/01/07 7:49am)
AT&T pays Apple a $200 finder's fee for every Iphone sold.
They're paying that money for the privilege of raking in many overpriced cellular minutes over the next two years.
Anything threatening that bought-and-paid-for revenue stream (e.g. VoIP on iPhone) will be intensely opposed by AT&T and correspondingly Apple if they want to remain friends with AT&T.
By comparison, Nokia's cellphone VoIP client is already in its 3rd generation...
They're paying that money for the privilege of raking in many overpriced cellular minutes over the next two years.
Anything threatening that bought-and-paid-for revenue stream (e.g. VoIP on iPhone) will be intensely opposed by AT&T and correspondingly Apple if they want to remain friends with AT&T.
By comparison, Nokia's cellphone VoIP client is already in its 3rd generation...
Response from:
Dameon Welch-Abernathy
(09/05/07 1:15am)
Apple might have a contractual obligation to prevent VoIP on the iPhone. Of course, one will never know about their agreement. ;)
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