Skype Teases iPad App, Voice Calling

VoIP provider Skype published and at that time quickly removed support documents suggesting voice calling on Apple's iPhone akin to FaceTime, the native iPad app, and even a mythical Verizon iPhone.

An updated Skype for iOS software will add video calling between i-devices and desktop Skype users, during it looks like an iPad version is in the pipeline, too, a help document published Friday on the company's official site revealed.

The help file a few hours later

Skype took down the help file a few hours later, leaving Apple fans puzzled. Don't worry -- someone in the company's marketing probably messed up by hitting the "launch" button prematurely, as the new release isn't ready for prime time but.

The company said nothing about optimizations to reduce Skype's abnormal battery drain, even on the iPhone 4. Actually, here's what the company wrote in the help document:

Lot of video its CPU has to work very hard

"When your iPhone is processing a lot of video its CPU has to work very hard and makes the iPhone become warm to the touch. You will experience the same thing if you stream videos through applications like Netflix or YouTube."

Finally, 9 to 5 Mac noted that the help document covering the iPhone video chatting capability had the Verizon logo, leading the publication to conclude that we're up for a Jan. 6 Verizon iPhone announcement at CES 2011.