| 20-08-2008 10:47 PM |
| Unregistered |
www.mo-call.com does the same and is native Symbian, it runs in the background, you also get free credit
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| 04-05-2008 06:00 AM |
| Unregistered |
why not just use jajah.com
why not just use jajah.com for voip cost calls? You pay essentially the same as Skype or any other voip service and don't need to install a stupid app as their service just connects your phone to the other parties phone L.L. or mobile using voip. I no longer use Skype accept for chat. And, calling other jajah.com users is free in many parts of the world (again, no app to install, just use your existing phone, old or new!)
thecolor
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| 27-04-2008 11:03 AM |
| Unregistered |
Again no true VoIP
We agree that Skype's new service is not a true mobile VoIP solution. We look forward to a clearer debate on what true VoIP really stands for. We also question why Skype has chose the option of routing calls over GSM network rather offering true internet or WiFi solution. Even though the charges for calls may be low, end users should not be forced to pay both for the incoming and outgoing calls. Your comment about call quality are also of concern;we hope this is just a temporary problem.
Christina Sundman
CEO Challenger Mobile
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| 27-04-2008 01:30 AM |
| Unregistered |
would be nice to pay a early fee to skype, and be able to login to my skype account from my phone trough a 1-800 number and be able to call anyone I want using my credits in skype.
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| 26-04-2008 11:10 AM |
| jcompagner |
Its really a shame
But it is completely useless... :(
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| 26-04-2008 01:32 AM |
| Unregistered |
Why?
Why use a Java app? For that matter, why use Skype? This is break-out over local PSTN, there are many other companies providing the same service in apps that a far easier to use and with better call quality. Try www.mo-call.com.
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| 26-04-2008 12:49 AM |
| Holme |
Downloaded it, tried it and deleted it.
There is no doubt in my mind that the lack of a real Skype client for S60 is due to the interests of the phone companies.
I'm paying a lot of money in Skype credits but I seriously consider dumping my Skype account now.
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| 26-04-2008 12:15 AM |
| Unregistered |
Java apps are rubbish
What's the point if it's Java? So rubbish. Should run as native rom app in the background....so frustrating.
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| 25-04-2008 03:00 PM |
| Unregistered |
@tauno -- You absolutely could do VOIP in java... look at all of the streaming audio/video clients for java, and you absolutely do have access to the camera/mic in java as well.
I'm sure Skype went this route because the S60 client they were working on was not so good, and there's little incentive to improve it. And J2ME is as fast as a native S60 app anymore, so why bother with native coding. Let's just say coding for S60 is rather having a baseball bat slammed into your head repeatedly. A bat with lots of nails sticking out of it.
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| 25-04-2008 02:31 PM |
| Taomyn |
Plagiarising my response to this release on another forum:
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Yup, another truly disappointing release by Skype Sad
I haven't found anyone that can give me a straight answer why they can't release a native client with nearly all the Skype functionality for the worlds most popular phone platform.
They want to be "disruptive" then do it - bring out a proper Skype client and you'll get results. This new application doesn't bring anything new to the table that other products can't already fulfil.
In my opinion - don't bother with is one and keep on hoping!
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| 25-04-2008 11:49 AM |
| Rafe |
Yes group chat works well (you can add extra people to an existing chat).
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| 25-04-2008 11:13 AM |
| Unregistered |
Group chat
Anyone know if it support group chats?
That is a feature that is missing in the current Skype-compatible client (Fring).
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| 25-04-2008 11:04 AM |
| Tauno |
missing VoIP is the fault of Java
Just a note: You can't do VoIP stuff in Java (j2me) it's simply not possible. Sure - a native application for Symbian would be a solution but it's not possible to do in Java..
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| 25-04-2008 10:05 AM |
| dougalzene |
slick interface, no use.
I installed it without reading about it, so happy I was to see S60 client, until I saw charges to receive skype incoming calls, huh? how disappointing.
skype, please make a S60 client that is useful to me, that does what skype does on a pc - make & receive calls over internet - for me that is wifi on the phone. come on, how many voice solutions are already available?
I pay you skypein and skypeout money, 100-150+ euros per year, so it's not as if you need to be waxing me for more money.
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| 25-04-2008 09:42 AM |
| Unregistered |
@krisse
Hi Krisse,
Calling to abroad from my mobile phone within the netherlands costs about 50 eurocent/minute to anywhere in Europe. About an euro/minute to the U.S. So using Skype from my mobile phone would be a local call in (local mobile phone rate, mostly within callingplan) and the USA costs (0.02 eurocents/minute). Pretty cheap for a mobile call I'd say. Yet any callservice can offer that. Including my SIP provider. So Skype still looses in sufficient internetbandwidth situations. Perhaps they will add a SIP option. Allowing you to use the best and cheapest bandwidth available...
Calling in a foreign country would be more expensive (at least 50 eurocent/minute) and I really would look for a wifi-access to make some calls via any trusty SIP protocol.
snoyt.vox.com
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