Instant-messaging chat or dissing your Texas Hold ‘em opponents on the iPhone just got one step closer. Global IP Solutions (GIPS) has announced the release of its near-ubiquitous voice-over IP (VoIP) developer software for the iPhone engineering crowd. GIPS VoiceEngine Mobile is a development toolkit for iPhone software developers who want to add voice and streaming video to iPhone applications.

“The popularity of the iPhone makes it an ideal platform for developing applications that incorporate quality real-time VoIP, giving consumers real-world communication experiences like in-game, multi-person chat,” said Emerick Woods, GIPS’ CEO. According to Steve Rust, vice president of business development for GIPS, “A limited number of development companies are already using the software, but we can’t divulge who is developing what, but we anticipate great gaming, chat and multi-party voice applications to hit the market soon.” Rust indicated that the software was available now.

VoIP Applications

Customers who now enjoy the voice

features of Facebook and MySpace may soon be able to communicate in the same way when accessing the sites on their iPhones — once a motivated software developer produces the app for iPhone customers. Similar applications that bring voice to instant-messenger software running on the iPhone will additionally be possible. additionally of interest is the possibility that using stable VoIP software on the iPhone would allow users to bypass the AT&T voice network entirely — all that is called for would be a VoIP engine and interface. Users could form calls directly by the Wi-Fi network and avoid the tollgate of a cellular provider.

Apple acknowledged that it would allow Wi-Fi VoIP, but not by other networks, as that would violate its exclusivity contract with AT&T. Numerous blogs already detail ways in which users can enable Skype applications, for example, to place and receive phone calls by Wi-Fi and…

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