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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / November 2006Skype on the mobile phone?
As there are now phones with WiFi , such as Nokia N80, and there will be more, I wonder if it would be possible to download the Skype software and use such a mobile as a Skyphone instead of a WiFi enabled laptop at home or when travelling? Thanks divoch You can certainly use Skype on any Windows Mobile with a decent processor - my SPV M500 and SPV M3100 are both OK for this. T-mobile's new web'n'walk add on - £22.50 for 10gig of usage - now specifically allows voip usage. Regards Simon Clark Business Telecoms > As there are now phones with WiFi , such as Nokia N80, and there will be > more, I wonder if it would be possible to download the Skype software and > use such a mobile as a Skyphone instead of a WiFi enabled laptop at home or > when travelling? > Thanks > divoch Yes if the phone is running Windows Mobile 5 / PPC 2003 (ie: A Microsoft OS) - ie: not the N80... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/28/symbian_skype_delayed/ Putting Skype onto a Symbian phone has proved more difficult than had been hoped, according to an interview given by co-founder and chief executive Niklas Zennstrom to a Finnish newspaper, as reported by Yahoo! News. "When we begun developing the mobile phone version we didn't realise the number of technical obstacles. It is challenging and is taking much longer than expected." Skype already has a version available for Pocket PC, which works well enough over Wi-Fi connections, but Symbian has many other devices and with increasing support for Wi-Fi and more low-cost data tariffs, a Skype client would be a useful addition, and one the company had hoped to launch last year. > As there are now phones with WiFi , such as Nokia N80, and there will be > more, I wonder if it would be possible to download the Skype software and > use such a mobile as a Skyphone instead of a WiFi enabled laptop at home or > when travelling? AFAIK with a windows mobile PDA running skype it has been possible to use VOIP with bluetooth for a long time. Skype doesn't need Wi-fi speeds. Make sure you are on the right T-mobile tarrif however. >> As there are now phones with WiFi , such as Nokia N80, and there will be >> more, I wonder if it would be possible to download the Skype software and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Make sure you are on the right T-mobile tarrif however. What I have in mind is using WiFi hotspots that are appearing around the world, some with free access. I do not think bluetooth would be much use when travelling. It seem to me to be an attractive solution to have in one small WiFi enabled device a mobile phone, camera, e-mail and Skype. For a full internet access to brows the Web etc., should I need it, I could go to an internet café. divoch |
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