Have you been waiting for a Skype app for the iPhone? Well the people at Skype have finally released and official iPhone app which works with both the iPhone and iPod touch. Now if you have a Skype account you can make free phone calls to anyone using your Skype subscription for free. Overall the Skype iPhone app is extremely well designed and layed out, as expected and amazingly enough works pretty well too. If you are an iPhone user, you can save money on your minutes. If you are an iPod touch user, and have WiFi access nearby, now you can turn your iPod touch into an working phone by using a headset and mic available from Apple.

You need to buy credits to use Skype text messaging and phone calling, but you can call 800 numbers for free. The 2 best 800 numbers to use are 1-800-GOOG-411 AND 1-800-FREE-411

App Features:
Once you open the app and login to your Skype account, the Skype app displays your contact list in a similar format as the iPhone contact list. Tap any contact, and then tap the Call button to call them.

The chats tab lets you see your open chats with Skype users.

If you want to dial a new number use the Call tab which will show a nice little dial pad to use. From the Call tab you can access your iPhone contact list directly by tapping on the Contact icon, and call anyone from there directly using the Skype iPhone app.

History shows your most recent incoming and outgoing calls.

The My Info tab gives you information about your profile such as your online status, Skype credit, Online Number (if you have one), and your Voicemail subscription. From here you can take a photo using your iPhone to use as your Skype profile photo and easily type in a new status message. You can also edit your Skype profile information.

Here is a video demo of the Skype app on the iPhone

This 3rd Party App is available at the Apple iTunes AppStore. Browse the full list of all AppStore apps filed under the AppStore category.