About 6 months ago I purchase myself an iPhone and I have loved it ever since. Phone, music, GPS, SMS, Web Browsing all in one convenient device. Oh, and did I mention applications? Well let me just say one thing about applications, they kick ass!
That brings me to Skype, what can I say, I was seriously pumped to download the new Skype application when it was first announced, cheap voice phone calls over WiFi? Cheap LD phone calls over WiFi too? Hell ya! So when the application was finally released to the Apple AppStore I was the first to immediately jump in and grab it…….and that is where things went south…..literally. Apparently it seems Skype’s effort to bring the iPhone application to Canada landed them in a “patent-license” battle (see CBC.ca for more). So what does this mean? Well while Skype figures out the legal issues they have taken (or better yet, blocked) the application in Canada…..even though Skype is available here*.
Now what?! Well not to be outdone I was determined to get this application on my phone! Wait! I can a US-based iTunes account of course! So off to MSN I went to annoy my US-based iTunes account holding friends. After a few attempts at various workarounds and many, many purchases of German Schizer porn movies purchases on friend’s CC’s and PayPal accounts (I hope you enjoy em Jeff!) I was still having no luck. Finally I was lucky enough to stumble across this site, they pointed out something I hadn’t thought of previously, using a coupon code! Bingo! Entered the coupon code, inputted the address of a Dell Direct Store in Oregon and viola, Skype is now magically installed and working in Canada!
So how did I do this magic trick? Follow these steps:
1. Open iTunes (sign out of your account if you are signed in) and create a new iTunes account.
2. Make sure change the billing country to US from Canada.
3. From here it will ask you for a payment method and your address, fill in a random US address.
4. Grab a coupon code from here.
5. Paste the coupon code in the available box, you do not need to fill out any CC info, select None for payment options and click next.
6. That’s it, you officially have a US-based iTunes account, time to download Skype.
7. Now you can either download Skype from iTunes or from the AppStore via your iPhone, either way make sure to login with your US-based account.
8. Time to make those late night stalker phone calls for free!
* Even though Skype is available in Canada you cannot use their Skype-In service due to CRTC regulations (e911).
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By: Topics about Iphone » Archive » Applegate, the story of how I beat the Apple, er Skype, er Canada. on April 27, 2009
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