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Skype for iPhone not available in Canada
We brought you the news that Skype is now available for the iPhone last week, but what we didn't mention is that it's available in every country where the iPhone is sold, except for Canada. The CBC is reporting that there is a patent-license restriction causing the hold up, and goes on to clarify that the restriction has to do with Skype, not Apple, though it's hard to see how the issue would be with Apple.
With so few details, it's hard to be optimistic that Skype will be available on the iPhone any time soon in Canada. Message boards and even the comments on this CBC article are rife with links to pages instructing Canadians on how to go about getting a US iTunes account. Clearly Skype is a killer app for the iPhone, and if Skype can't sort out the problem, many Canadians will simply find a way around it.
It would be appreciated if Skype were to come clean and explain exactly what the issue is that is causing the problem; a little public pressure might be what is needed to gently influence the other party to relent.
Is this another case of Canadians getting the short end of the stick, or are we just a bunch of whiners up here?
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