After developers have had some (very little) time to dig through the new 3.2 SDK, iCall announced that it already has a 3G-capable Voice over Internet Protocol update in the store today. They also announced that Apple has removed the 3G VoIP restrictions in iPhone OS 3.2. We’re not quite sure how they managed to get their app out so quickly, but mad props to them for being the first — soon to be followed by, well, everyone.

We haven’t heard of iCall specifically, but we’ve known about Fring since it debuted in the App Store so long ago… we’ve never covered it here, but it’s been on our iPhones for a while now. It looks like Fring, Skype, Google Voice and the many other VoIP apps will finally be able to do what they needed from the beginning: make a call anywhere. Apple initially limited this ability due to what we all assume was a request from AT&T. There’s been a lot of speculation about the true reason behind it, but we’re just happy to see the restriction removed.

What does this mean for the iPad? Probably exactly what you think. The iPad will most likely be able to make VoIP calls if you so choose. With the $30 a month 3G data plan that AT&T is offering to Apple iPad users, VoIP suddenly became more appealing.

Add phone calls to the list of features. Go ahead, do it.

Via Mac Rumors

Update:

As we had expected, Fring now supports VoIP calls with its Skype integrated calling. There was no actual update necessary; the restrictions were on Apple’s end. So, that’s how iCall was able to announce it so quickly… they didn’t do anything.