UPDATED: Skype for iPhone “No Longer Available” – Yeahbuwhat?
UPDATE: Skype got back to us all official PR like:
We’ve identified the fault which has made Skype for iPhone unavailable to some people. A fix is underway, and we expect that the app will be fully available in the next few hours.
ORIGINAL: If you click on an iTunes link to get the Skype for iPhone App, as of this writing, iTunes pops up a notification saying Skype for iPhone is not currently available in the US App Store, or other international App Stores. If you search for Skype, the Skype app doesn’t show up. Skype’s official iPhone app page, still tells you to “Get it now”, but it’s currently not get-able.
Temporary glitch? Sign that maybe, finally it’s being replaced with the 3G version AT&T, Apple and Skype said back in October ‘09 would be coming our way? Or just gone as in another App Store brouhaha may be brewing?
An international, hours-long lasting glitch sounds odd. Removing an old version and leaving nothing available for a time before replacing it with a new one isn’t typically how the App Store works — it’s usually fairly unnoticeable to the end user (known bugs not withstanding). Unless CES is going to mean an announcement from Skype? And, well, we can’t imagine something this high-profile would just be gone, right?
We’ll update If Skype for iPhone comes back up, same as before or new and 3G, or if we get any solid info.
[Thanks to @mugunthkumar for the tip!]
January 5th, 2010 at 8:24 am
Perhaps related to pending “Nexus One” ann today from Google?
January 5th, 2010 at 8:26 am
Yep, I’m not even seeing it when I search for Skype in the app store. I really hope this isn’t the next google voice. I already have it, but the app is far from perfect and I’d to think I’m stuck with the version I currently have.
January 5th, 2010 at 8:33 am
Same for UK store
January 5th, 2010 at 8:38 am
yeah i just went on to the site and it worked fine for me, i am in australia just so you know, so i guess its just the canadian and US stores
January 5th, 2010 at 8:41 am
@Kable Skype’s web site is fine, but if you go to the Australian iTunes App Store, Skype for iPhone is currently not available there either.
January 5th, 2010 at 8:46 am
Gone from the Irish app store aswel doesn’t even show in search results. Skype will always be better than any other voip app released by apple because of it’s large user playform and it’s high compatability with other devices.
January 5th, 2010 at 8:46 am
Whoops – sorry to hear people have been having problems downloading the app.
We’re investigating at the moment – will keep you posted.
January 5th, 2010 at 8:47 am
Apple probably told Skype to go pound sand. ATT is saying thank you Apple.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:01 am
iChat =]
January 5th, 2010 at 9:04 am
they might as well remove it, cause they’re incapable of actually making it usefull by adding push notifications!
January 5th, 2010 at 9:27 am
Gone from Japanese store too
January 5th, 2010 at 9:32 am
@antonio Push notifications are coming – Russ Shaw’s most recent blog post has more details.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:35 am
They´ve been promising it for ages
January 5th, 2010 at 9:36 am
We’ve identified the fault which caused the app to disappear from the store. We’re fixing things at the moment, and I expect that the app will be fully available in the next few hours. Sorry for the interruption to service!
January 5th, 2010 at 9:48 am
This kind of thing happens all the time, probably due to wrongly configured settings in iTunes Connect. In the Singaporean App Store, Doom Classic and Wolf3D Classic have been missing for weeks (since Doom went on sale), and only the free version appears under id software. Sigh.
January 5th, 2010 at 10:27 am
I don’t know what time the post went up, but 24 minutes after the first comment someone that appears to be from Skype comments and says they’re investigating the problem. About an hour later they’ve found the problem and are in the process of fixing it. Good job Skype.
January 5th, 2010 at 10:28 am
Thanks Peter! So no CES Skype over 3G announcements then?
January 5th, 2010 at 10:33 am
Apple haters eat crow once again.
January 5th, 2010 at 11:39 am
@Rene–guess we’re still high and dry when it comes to Skype over 3G. My guess is we won’t see it until Apple and ATT go their own ways.
January 5th, 2010 at 12:26 pm
There may be something else brewing. Up until yesterday afternoon, I was using Skype over 3G using voipover3g app downloaded from Cydia. After that, it stopped working. I tried almost everything I could think of (reloading voipover3g, loading My3G, deleting Skype and trying to reinstall it – that was how I came accross the dissappearance of Skype from the iTunes store). Somebody else had the same problem?
January 5th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
I’m ***
January 5th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
@Peter Parkes: any updates on skype not being currently available on the app store?
January 5th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
People still use Skype?
January 5th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
@JorgeOscar Skype not working for me either. My Skype status is stuck at “Connecting”. Please come back Skype, I miss you already.
January 5th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
Skype is back up.
January 5th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
The old version 1.2.2 now available in Finland (EU).
January 6th, 2010 at 1:17 pm
I bought and iPhone yesterday and tried to install Skype but also found it was missing, luckily I had it on my old ipod touch, so just transferred. Don’t know what you all mean by skype 3G. I can make calls from Skype over 3G no problem. Your carriers must be blocking it, not the Apple.
January 8th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
Skype up on iTunes in California, but” NO Connections” iPhone is on WIFI but Skype status is stuck at “Connecting”. Any Comments or HELP plz! Found some Help but it will cost you “NO Free Chat” when using: Skype To Go !