Hello everybody!

I really like all those great apps that are requested here, but I just don't get it, how is it possible that THE KILLER APP at all for iPhone gets so little attention.

I am talking about VOIP on iPhone. THIS would be so huge and important, I can't stress it often enough!

Try to imagine: thanks to free WiFi we could talk for free - absolutely free!! Without any stress!! Abroad in Australia or at home in Europe/USA. Free!!

And now, the only thing I found is a strange guy from Truphone who pretends to develop something, but after already so much time - absolutely nothing than just a little PR in the news to promote his website.

I don't care who does it, I want a VoIP client - i PAY for it, and for me and many of my colleagues, THIS IS THE Killer App for the iPhone.

Why is it sooo complicated? I don't get it?

The developer could earn like crazy offering a real VoIP client for the iPhone! Instead of concentrating on some strange Doom ports or the 8th SMS app or I dont know what.

Hope, I am not alone with my opinion!

Thanks for your feedback!

Your Happy

The thing is, these things take time to develop.
The Truphone people are probably working on a VoIP solution for the iPhone.
What makes you think that Truphone isn't developing it?

Because if I would be the developer of such a killer app, I would have a blog where i keep the people who are interested updated. By doing it, I keep the customers informed, I can ask for their feedback, for their wishes, for their ideas. I can make first beta tests, I can publish first screenshots to make people feel that they should wait for exactly this one solution.

And not write once every 4 weeks one unprofessional post in a public forum where nobody finds it.

People - stop thinking that any normal iPhone users (as they are defined by Apple Marketing) - are geeks who check forums like these!! Normal people want to see something, want to communicate. Just any proves of life.

VoIP for iPhone is a at least 1-5 million dollar business, and not a geeky experiment!!

Originally Posted by strongesthylian

What makes you think that Truphone isn't developing it?

From Mobile Business Magazine

"Not wanting to upset Steve Jobs, Tim emphasized that it was only a demo and not intended to be a commercial launch." and "This program doesn't do anything that Steve Jobs says not to do,"

Caring what Steve Jobs thinks seems like a bad sign.

What kind of developer it has to be, that could develop an iPhone application?

Which languages are that? Especially the VoIP app?

we specially need a SIP client. such as IsoftPhone on OSX which can be ported easily i think, we just need to wait that someone get his hand on this work.

Originally Posted by happyuser

Hello everybody!

I really like all those great apps that are requested here, but I just don't get it, how is it possible that THE KILLER APP at all for iPhone gets so little attention.

I completely agree.

1. It is indeed a killer app for those that travel overseas
2. It is the one third party app that Apple will NOT do because of their allegiance to phone providers

Originally Posted by Tonyd

I completely agree.
2. It is the one third party app that Apple will NOT do because of their allegiance to phone providers

you said it: Apple will not do it, but third parties.....the problem is that the SDK will not be released until February, so i guess we will have to wait a few more months.
but i doubt apple will let such an app get installed on their precious.

Gphone, if it released one day could be the solution, even as a web.app

It would be great indeed. But for a starter can't we just use our iphone to call via skype using our computer. I mean I am a skype user and I use the IPEVO handset to make my international calls almost everyday , why isn't there a plugin that would allow me to use my iphone via BT instead of my IPEVO usb handset?
That would be a starter, no?
And please lets not talk about that crappy skype4iphone stuff, it's a total bull crap... it's weird, you have to make your call and then wait for the other person to call you back, and you pay twice as much as a normal skype out call...

I dont want to replace anything. I just want a SIP VoIP client, so that when I am abroad - that I can talk for free when I am in WiFi zone! Not more, not less.