Comments on: iSkoot, not Skype launched on Symbian

By: Thanks to Smartphones, Mobile VoIP Growing Steadily - GigaOM

Thanks to Smartphones, Mobile VoIP Growing Steadily - GigaOM — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:16:08 +0000

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By: | VoIP News Roundup for Nov. 19, 2006

| VoIP News Roundup for Nov. 19, 2006 — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:44:10 +0000

[...] X-Series Symbian Phones will use iSkootI mentioned the 3 Group and Skype announcement of the X-Series mobile broadband initiative, but the [...]

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Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:30:14 +0000

[...] gigaom.comThere is a lot of chatter amongst VoIP bloggers about the launch of Symbian version of Skype, mostly [...]

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EQO Gets $9 Million Series B — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:07:10 +0000

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EQO Gets $9 Million Series B — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:07:10 +0000

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By: De Gardener

De Gardener — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:13:52 +0000

Is Mobile Client a Good Strategy?…

No. Or more precisely: Definite “No!” if you’re a web start up. Simple ”No!” if you’re YouTube or Skype. Selectively if you’re Verizon Wireless. Yes if you’re Nokia. For web start ups it’s a de…

By: Darla Mack

Darla Mack — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:11:20 +0000

The Truth Behind Skype on 3…

I spent time this weekend reading some blogs that I haven't been through in awhile and came across something interesting that Om Malik explained on his blog. While we are hoping for any signs of Skype to hit S60 devices…

By: Ian Andrew Bell

Ian Andrew Bell — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 11:38:29 +0000

iSkoot has done a good job executing against the Skype opportunity. What most people don't realize is that the Skype proposition of Voice-over-broadband-wireless is both impractical and predatory to the wireless carriers' business models. What on earth would motivate a Hutch 3G or Vodafone to offer Skype using VoIP?

History has proven that customers aren't as price conscious on mobile and they certainly buy into the convenience of taking calls from the online world on their mobile phones… they'll pay the same for sure to do so.

This is an example where Skype as a calling network is crossing the chasm between being a low-cost (free) medium and being the medium of choice for certain kinds of users.

iSkoot has executed well vs. others against making this useful and easy. They are the carrier-friendly approach to enabling Skype on mobile and will reap succcess as a partner with those carriers, but not as a mass-market phenom.

-Ian.

By: Dave Beck

Dave Beck — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 00:58:12 +0000

iSkoot is great, it works on any 2G network and only needs GPRS for the data path. I could live without the Skype though, I only use Skypeout, just need bridge to a regular VoIP service. International calls at VoIP prices, 4 bar coverage, support on millions of handsets. My kind of hack.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 18:13:33 +0000

iSkoot is a hack.

The mobile client is using the data and voice streams to toggle between sending and receiving data to make this function. Most important to note is that the calls happen over the voice channel. Data is just used to do things like tell their server who you want to call, get your buddy list, signin/out.

On the backend they are running Asterisk servers to bridge the calls placed from the mobile device. They currently instantiate a Skype client with your credentials on your behalf. It's definitely not something folks should be taking too seriously.

Getting a call back on the voice channel of your mobile device isn't a sexy implementation of skype on mobile. Focusing on the data channel is where it's at. Even more interesting would be the ability to seemlessly failover between different data bearer channels (and potentially only use the voice channel as a last effort).

By: Bob Silver

Bob Silver — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:27:02 +0000

IP, Internet, new offering …
All of this for generating a regular cellular call (and pay for it?) into a gateway that links you to Skype?

By: Darla

Darla — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 12:36:29 +0000

Thanks for clearing that up Om. I agree with Rick… they did throw the Skype name around a bit much.

By: Jonty

Jonty — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 12:30:39 +0000

Yes Om, you have hit the nail right on the head. Actually the ‘Skype propaganda’ maybe because what Rick said earlier in the comment here. It makes a lot of sense.

By: Daily Pundit

Daily Pundit — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 06:54:53 +0000

An Important Internet Development?…

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