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CAMBRIDGE, MA – July 09, 2007 – iSkoot, the leading provider
of mobile Internet communications solutions, today announced
the highly-anticipated release of the iSkoot v1.1 mobile application
for BlackBerry smartphones. The new iSkoot v1.1 delivers a
comprehensive mobile Skype experience on BlackBerry: With the
click of a button, users can instantly chat with their Skype
contacts, make and receive Skype calls, and use SkypeOut™ to
inexpensively call regular phone numbers nearly anywhere in
the world. iSkoot v1.1 also displays complete Skype contact
status information, so BlackBerry users can see which friends,
family members and business colleagues are available, as well
as manage their own online presence. This latest release features
a next generation, easy-to-use interface especially designed
for BlackBerry users and will offer additional features soon.
iSkoot works without any need for PCs, special hardware, custom
phones or Wi-Fi hot spots, and utilizes the existing mobile
network infrastructure to route Skype calls through the voice
channel.
"We are extremely pleased to bring mobile Skype to the BlackBerry.
iSkoot enables BlackBerry users running OS 4.0 or higher to
take advantage of the benefits of their Skype accounts without
having to rely on their PCs. With this new release of our software,
we are bringing another key piece of the Web to the BlackBerry,"
said Roy Erez, VP of Business Development, iSkoot. "BlackBerry
commands a vast and rapidly-growing customer base, so extending
support to this community marks a significant achievement for
iSkoot. We will continue to work on ensuring seamless integration
and expanding support for Skype across the entire line of BlackBerry
devices."
iSkoot for BlackBerry is now available for free at www.iskoot.com.
BlackBerry users can simply download iSkoot"s thin-client application
to their BlackBerry devices, log on to their Skype account,
and start making and receiving calls and chatting with their
online Skype contacts. When a user selects a contact to call,
the iSkoot solution connects the call to Skype"s peer-to-peer
software so that the BlackBerry user only pays for air time
on the smartphone. If the user makes a SkypeOut call, it works
the same way, but the user also pays SkypeOut minutes, just
as if the call were made from a PC. When a user receives Skype
calls on a BlackBerry, SkypeOut charges also apply.
iSkoot v1.1 currently supports the following devices running
OS 4.0 or higher:
- 7100
- 7500
- 7700
- 8100 (Pearl)
- 8300 (Curve)
- 8700
- 8800
About iSkoot
San Francisco-based iSkoot brings leading internet services like Skype to mobile handsets around the world, delivering rich consumer experiences with minimal impact on operator networks.
iSkoot launched the first and only carrier-grade, carrier-deployed Skype-for-Mobile application in 2006, and now powers the Mobile World Congress award-winning 3 Skypephone currently sold in eight countries on three continents.
iSkoot takes advantage of the voice-optimized circuit-switched network for delivery of voice communications, in keeping with its mission to engineer elegant and operator-friendly solutions to the challenge of bringing resource-intensive internet services to mobile handsets.
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