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Skype for iPhone...1 million downloads in 2 days

by Paul Jay, CBCNews.ca. I think there should probably be a limit on the number of times we can post about one subject on the Tech blog, but it's worth mentioning that Skype is reporting that its iPhone application has been downloaded more than one million times in the first two days after it became available, which, as TechCrunch notes, works out to around six downloads every second.

Naturally, telephone carriers around the world aren't be too happy about this. Deutsche Telekom AG in Germany launched the first grenade on Thursday, saying it was considering banning the application. Other telcos, such as Telefonica, have said they are fine with the app, as long as it remains restricted to Wi-Fi networks, and not the carrier's 3G phone network.

Here in Canada our lone iPhone carrier Rogers doesn't have this issue, of course, since Canadians aren't allowed to download the application (wink, wink).

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Keith

Of course we're not "allowed" to download that *gasp* unamed of unnameable applications. If we did we'd most certainly fall prey to the:

CRT SWAT team!!!!

This official goverment body would be made up of mercenaries hired by Bell, Telus, Rogers, and AT&T***. It will assault your computer, cell phone, you, and your other property; physically and electronically. Anything less wouldn't be Canadian or American enough. One exception; the process would involve a lawyer laughing at you between cursing about how stupid you are for assuming you have rights of ownership to anything in your own home.

***This has to include an American military presence also it's a NORAD thing.

Posted April 4, 2009 04:27 PM

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