Skype for iphone totallly useless!

[i77]

I was excited about the im for skype by shape services. However, it uses a call back number or you can't make the call. You make the call, it calls back your land line or cell, the from either it makes the call out. Well, duh, why don't I just make the call from my landline or cell then?!? Then they have the audacity to try to slip the uselessness of their service under your nose:

* What is the ´Call Phone´ for?

This option allows you to set callback number for outgoing calls

Note: 1.In some cases SkypeOut to a landline phone is generally cheaper or even free than to a mobile. You can specify any landline phone number in the ‘Call Phone’ menu.

2. Due to SkypePro SkypeOut calls to the national landlines within the same country are free. Make your calls to any landline free using callback option to a landline phone. Select the ‘Call Phone’ menu and enter the callback landline phone number.

To learn more about Skype Pro go here
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* Can I use SkypeIn in IM+ for Skype?

Now you can use SkypeIn in IM+ for Skype on BlackBerry devices. SkypeIn will be added to IM+ for Skype on other mobile platforms soon.
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* Why does my mobile ring when I make a call?

When you call any contact via Skype, IM+ for Skype redirects the call back to you. That is why your mobile rings.

Like no-one will catch this little slight of hand.

I make the call on my iphone, then my landline rings, my landline then phones the number I am calling, and I get to talk. Yippie!!!... Like, couldn't I just make the freaking call from my land line!?

 

[sandman42]

I make the call on my iphone, then my landline rings, my landline then phones the number I am calling, and I get to talk. Yippie!!!... Like, couldn't I just make the freaking call from my land line!?

I don't think this system is meant for calls that you would otherwise normally make from your iPhone or land line. I'm thinking the intent is to let you make calls that would otherwise be too expensive, such as international calls. When it connects your land line like you describe, does it do it for Skypeout rates? That would be the only advantage I would see. You'd be using the iPhone to control the Skype system, then it connects your land line with the other phone in Timbuktu via Skype's network, and you get to do it at the super-low Skype rates. Sounds like you can set your mobile number as the call back number (rather than your land line), but it may be more expensive.