【英文报刊翻译090331】Skype为iPhone提供免费网络电话服务

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出处：Times

翻译：kers

IPhone users will be able to make free phone calls from today as Skype becomes available for the first time on the popular Apple gadget.
随着Skype首次联手苹果，从今天起，iPhone用户将可以使用Skype来免费拨打电话。

Skype, the internet telephone unit of eBay, has more than 450 million registered users. It has been pushing to make its service available on "smart-phones" - such as the iPhone - rather than only desktop computers.
Skype是隶属eBay旗下的网络电话工具，拥有超过四亿五千万注册用户。近日，Skype正抓紧将服务范围扩展到智能机诸如iPhone上，而不是局限于台式电脑。

As with the Skype service on PCs, phone calls will be free between Skype users and calls to other landlines and mobiles will cost less than normal network rates.
通过使用个人电脑上的Skype服务，用户与用户之间、以及用户和其他线路及手机之间的通话费用都比使用普通的电话要便宜。

Scott Durchslag, Skype's chief operating officer, said: "There's a pent-up demand. Skype software for the iPhone has been the No 1 request among our users."
Skype首席运营官Scott Durchslag说："提供适合iPhone使用的Skype软件是我们的用户的最大要求。而这个要求一直没有得到重视。"

Skype also said that its service would be available on millions of BlackBerry phones in May. It has already announced Skype for Nokia phones, as well as handsets that run on Google's "Android" software for mobiles such as the T-Mobile G1, and Windows Mobile phones.
Skype还表示将在五月推行适用于黑莓手机的服务。Skype还宣布将为为诺基亚手机，T-Moblie G1等运行google的Android系统的手机，以及Windows Mobile phones提供服务。

As well as the iPhone, Skype will also work on later versions of Apple's latest iPod Touch, which has wi-fi capability but cannot make cellular phone calls. The iPod Touch released last September has a microphone, unlike the original model. The Skype application will be available free to download from Apple's App Store today.

Geoff Blaber, a CCS Insight analyst, said: "For Skype it's an important step. They want to diversify the range of hardware on which you can access the service. The broader the range of products you can use Skype on beyond just a PC, the more attractive it becomes." Mr Blaber pointed out that Skype calls could be made only on iPhones and iPod Touch devices connected to the internet through wi-fi. This means that using Skype on the iPhone is likely to be limited to use in homes and public areas where wireless connections are available.

This limitation seems to have convinced O2 , the operator that has sole rights to the iPhone in the UK, to allow British users access to the new Skype application. An O2 spokesman said: "We understand [Skype] have designed this to work solely over wi-fi. We have not blocked the application and, if it is available in the App Store, it will be available to our customers."
这种局限性使得iPhone唯一的英国运营商O2允许英国用户使用这一新的Skype应用。一位O2发言人说："我们明白（Skype）这项设计仅仅通过无线宽带工作。我们并没有屏蔽这项功能，只要能从App Store获取它，我们的顾客就可以使用。"

Phone operators have blocked other voice-over-internet services that run on mobiles in the past, but Mr Blaber said that Apple allows network operators very little involvement in the making and distribution of their devices, which could mean that O2 had little choice but to accept the feature.
过去，电话运营商屏蔽了其他的手机网络语音服务，但据Blaber先生说，苹果公司仅允许网络运营商在市场和分配中参与很小的部分，因此O2除了接受现实之外别无选择

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