This might just be the Skype competitor to look out for in the coming few months: Viber, which is a free calling service set to compete with Skype directly:
Viber for iPhone allows you to make 100% free calls to other Viber users over 3G and WiFi, is capable of running completely in the background without draining your battery (even when the app isn’t actually running in the background, but more on that later), works over Bluetooth and still manages to boast both speedy call connections and excellent audio quality.
Someone want to test it with me?
Here’s what the Viber CEO had to say about it:
Skype is modeled after a buddy list – you need a user ID and password, and in order to talk to someone you need to ‘add them’, get approved, etc. Viber, on the other hand, is modeled after a phone.
So your ID is your phone number (authenticated via SMS) and you can call anyone, as long as you know their number.
That makes a lot of sense to me.
Travis Fish says
I know its been a few days but if you want to try it let me know! I tried over wifi and it sounds wonderful!