Comments on: Skype on Symbian OS? http://gigaom.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:24:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Radomir http://gigaom.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19435 Radomir Sun, 24 Dec 2006 07:18:46 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19435 <p>I have NOKIA E61 and I jsut installed SooNR remote software that contains ability to us SKYPE. It works perfect, no meter which processor my Nokia has. The sound is clean and with no delays. However I have to pay additionally for the connection between my PC with installed SKYPE and my mobile phone!!! So if I want to call fi Australia than I will have to pay double: for the connection to Australia and for the link to my mobile. At the end it is still cheaper than calling Australia from my hope number.</p> I have NOKIA E61 and I jsut installed SooNR remote software that contains ability to us SKYPE. It works perfect, no meter which processor my Nokia has. The sound is clean and with no delays. However I have to pay additionally for the connection between my PC with installed SKYPE and my mobile phone!!! So if I want to call fi Australia than I will have to pay double: for the connection to Australia and for the link to my mobile. At the end it is still cheaper than calling Australia from my hope number.

]]> By: Helga http://gigaom.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19434 Helga Mon, 07 Aug 2006 11:53:37 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19434 <p>Very good site! y2sB7J5r Home airwaves angel lyric adventure airwaves angel adventure airwaves angel lyric http://home.aol.com/Freemanjaime/angel-of-airwaves.html</p> Very good site! y2sB7J5r Home airwaves angel lyric adventure airwaves angel adventure airwaves angel lyric http://home.aol.com/Freemanjaime/angel-of-airwaves.html

]]> By: Jawed http://gigaom.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19433 Jawed Sat, 18 Feb 2006 20:30:55 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19433 <p>whatever be the case, thats a sure shot that a 220 MHz processor in a 6630 has enough power to make the skype client for Symbian OS :)</p> whatever be the case, thats a sure shot that a 220 MHz processor in a 6630 has enough power to make the skype client for Symbian OS :)

]]> By: Om Malik on Broadband : » Skype 2.0 goes Mobile http://gigaom.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19432 Om Malik on Broadband : » Skype 2.0 goes Mobile Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:49:29 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19432 <p>[...] Skype announced Skype 2.0 for Pocket PC phones this morning. Andy has the details. Also heard through the grapevine at 3GSM that a “S60″ (Symbian) version of the client is rumored to be “coming soon.” Who knows - I have heard this story before! [...]</p> [...] Skype announced Skype 2.0 for Pocket PC phones this morning. Andy has the details. Also heard through the grapevine at 3GSM that a “S60″ (Symbian) version of the client is rumored to be “coming soon.” Who knows – I have heard this story before! [...]

]]> By: seraphim http://gigaom.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19431 seraphim Sun, 27 Nov 2005 18:45:38 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19431 <p>you know that nokia has its own forum now? someone recently made a post on skype and VoIP there too. looks like Nokia are releasing a number of phones with built in wlan called the e-series. they all support VoIP and someone there has posted that Skype will support symbian, here is the link:</p> <p>http://discussions.nokia.co.uk/discussions/board/message?board.id=phones&message.id=196&query.id=6685#M196</p> you know that nokia has its own forum now? someone recently made a post on skype and VoIP there too. looks like Nokia are releasing a number of phones with built in wlan called the e-series. they all support VoIP and someone there has posted that Skype will support symbian, here is the link:

http://discussions.nokia.co.uk/discussions/board/message?board.id=phones&message.id=196&query.id=6685#M196

]]> By: Alex http://gigaom.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19430 Alex Sun, 14 Aug 2005 09:56:06 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19430 <p>Interesting. Someone posted a link to what purports to be a working Skype-based client on my blog.</p> <p>I haven't tried it, but I probably will in awhile.</p> <p>http://useful-apps.com/new_page_21.htm</p> <p>(Anon, at http://www.symplification.com/node/216#comment-154 )</p> Interesting. Someone posted a link to what purports to be a working Skype-based client on my blog.

I haven’t tried it, but I probably will in awhile.

http://useful-apps.com/new_page_21.htm

(Anon, at http://www.symplification.com/node/216#comment-154 )

]]> By: Jake http://gigaom.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19429 Jake Tue, 09 Aug 2005 20:05:45 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19429 <p>Obviously voice is being encoded and decoded on cell phones today. GIPS porting VoiceEngine puts their common API on Symbian OS. It remains to be seen which codecs become a part of this and what sort of access to hardware they get.</p> Obviously voice is being encoded and decoded on cell phones today. GIPS porting VoiceEngine puts their common API on Symbian OS. It remains to be seen which codecs become a part of this and what sort of access to hardware they get.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19428 Om Malik Tue, 09 Aug 2005 05:56:27 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19428 <p>well, from what i understood in my conversations with folks from TI and Nokia, it seems OMAP is better equipped to handle the multimedia workload. which explains why it has found home inside the Palms. anyway its btter to check that go back and forth. will let you know soon enough</p> well, from what i understood in my conversations with folks from TI and Nokia, it seems OMAP is better equipped to handle the multimedia workload. which explains why it has found home inside the Palms. anyway its btter to check that go back and forth. will let you know soon enough

]]> By: Alex http://gigaom.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19427 Alex Tue, 09 Aug 2005 05:49:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19427 <p>You're right in that Smbian is leaner but encoding voice does require resources over and above how efficient the OS is.</p> <p>And yes, OMAP may be a more efficient, but somehow I doubt it's twice as efficient as XScale. (I have absolutely nothing to back this up with except experience with a 200Mhz XScale and a 220Mhz OMAP; both were as speedy in general use)</p> <p>Please do ask Nokia :)</p> You’re right in that Smbian is leaner but encoding voice does require resources over and above how efficient the OS is.

And yes, OMAP may be a more efficient, but somehow I doubt it’s twice as efficient as XScale. (I have absolutely nothing to back this up with except experience with a 200Mhz XScale and a 220Mhz OMAP; both were as speedy in general use)

Please do ask Nokia :)

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19426 Om Malik Tue, 09 Aug 2005 05:16:07 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19426 <p>Processor speed in this case has got nothing to do with the end client. The XScale has to power Pocket PC OS which is a resource hog, whereas Symbian is much leaner OS, compared to that, OMAP is a more efficent processor. That's my understanding, but I could be wrong. I don't think so, but will reping Nokia again on this issue.</p> Processor speed in this case has got nothing to do with the end client. The XScale has to power Pocket PC OS which is a resource hog, whereas Symbian is much leaner OS, compared to that, OMAP is a more efficent processor. That’s my understanding, but I could be wrong. I don’t think so, but will reping Nokia again on this issue.

]]> By: Alex http://gigaom.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19425 Alex Tue, 09 Aug 2005 05:09:22 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19425 <p>To be frank, this is unlikely - the pocket PC version requires a 400Mhz processor, and while processor speed isn't everything, (compare Pentium M to Pentium 4) note that no currently shipping symbian phone has a processor which is anywhere near as fast.</p> <p>The fastest currently shipping Symbian devices (Nokia 6630/6680/6681/6682/N90) use a ~ 220Mhz processor. The Nokia 9500 uses a 150Mhz processor.</p> To be frank, this is unlikely – the pocket PC version requires a 400Mhz processor, and while processor speed isn’t everything, (compare Pentium M to Pentium 4) note that no currently shipping symbian phone has a processor which is anywhere near as fast.

The fastest currently shipping Symbian devices (Nokia 6630/6680/6681/6682/N90) use a ~ 220Mhz processor. The Nokia 9500 uses a 150Mhz processor.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19424 Om Malik Mon, 08 Aug 2005 20:45:47 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19424 <p>yeah it would be nice to have a client for nokia 9500 which has built in wifi. i eagerly await voip clients for symbian phones. o</p> yeah it would be nice to have a client for nokia 9500 which has built in wifi. i eagerly await voip clients for symbian phones. o

]]> By: Connected http://gigaom.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19423 Connected Mon, 08 Aug 2005 19:45:16 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/08/08/skype-on-symbian-os/#comment-19423 <p>A VoIP service would be fantastic on a Nokia N91 as it has wi-fi so calls would be free!</p> <p>http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/blog/_archives/2005/8/8/1117775.html</p> A VoIP service would be fantastic on a Nokia N91 as it has wi-fi so calls would be free!

http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/blog/_archives/2005/8/8/1117775.html

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