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Jul 30, 2005

Others can Skype with 3G

In some previous posts in the VoIP category I have commented on the possibility to make Skype calls with a mobile phone. Originally I talked about this as "the future", but since it has become a practical reality that seems an obsolete viewpoint. Nevertheless, I can´t do it on my A1000 and that annoys me.

What is needed is basically a piece of software for the phone and data networking capability. For economical reasons WiFi should be preferred. Of course the 3G data pipe, as well as GPRS, would technically do just fine. But then the pricing scheme is in the hand of the operator. So far most customers would find it rather expensive to route Skype calls that way. The last couple of weeks I have learned about two new solutions for mobile skype calls.

Adam Curry has in his podcast the Daily Source Code talked a lot (first on July 13:th)about how he Skypes over WiFi with his new T-mobile MDA III. That is simple becuase the MDA III is based on Windows Mobile, which Skype offers a client for. Curry is very positive about his experiences with this phone (although he does not mention how much battery it sucks).

For Symbian phones (the A1000 uses a flavor called UIQ) Usefulapps now offers a client (for the Nokia Series 60 - another Symbian flavor). I don't know if it really works, there are no reviews posted and reviews for another Bluetooth/PC-host application hints that the use is not straight forward.

All this just makes me determined that my next phone should have WiFi and an operating system that can host a client capable of managing Skype calls.

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