New iPad app: the Skype’s the limit

For those rare few out there that are still sceptical about tablets, who frequently and loudly purport that the iPad is just an inflated iPhone that’s far too unwieldy to have a conversation on, Skype have swooped in and robbed you of your well-founded argument.

But naysayers have no fear: just brief moments after the launch of an iPad Skype app it was removed again. The company has stated that it was launched prematurely by mistake. So for a little while longer at least, iPad users will have to make do with the iPhone version of Skype

Skype for iPad comes with a standalone dialling feature and allows video chat over Wi-Fi and 3G, but as of yet there is no official launch date announced yet.