Skype running on Nokia 6680 S60 Handset
Published by Rafe Blandford at 12:16 UTC, February 16th 2006
On Tuesday Skype announced a partnership with Hutchinson to put Skype on phones on the 3 networks around the world. However, Skype were not willing to answer questions on specific handsets saying only that they were actively working on development for the Symbian platform. However at the 'Do New' booth on the Nokia stand there was a demo of Skype running on two 6680s over a 3G network. Read on for details...
The S60 Skype application was a complete implementation supporting Skype text chat, Skype voice calls (both to PCs and to other S60 handsets), and Skype Out dialing. Running the application over 3G results in latency of up to about a second. It is the equivalent to calling your granny on their other side of the world via a satellite phone. It does work, but it is annoying and I can not see most people being willing to put up with it. It was indicated that better performance would be achieved over a WiFi connectivity link. The call quality was similar to that achieved in a normal call.
The application has been developed for S60 2nd Edition (S60 2.6 to be precise), but Skype are working on a 3rd Edition product which would make sense given the WiFi available in the N80, and Eseries handsets.
We'll be covering more on Skype's plan for mobile in a later write up.
Categories: Software
Platforms: Series 60
News Discussion
2more
Video call run over 3G with no lag, so why the 1second lag in skype calls?
Of course it will work better over Wi-Fi but its restricted to hotspots only.
Dror
3G video calls go over a dedicated, 64 Kbps circuit-switched channel, while Skype calls go over the 3G IP bearer. That's why bandwidth and latency are not guaranteed for Skype, but are guaranteed for video calls.
Dror.
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Thx for the info :)
power5451
....and for UIQ???
ebo
Before 3GSM there were unofficial reports Skype would announce co-operation with a mobile phone vendor that would especially interest Finnish journalists. It wasn't hard to guess which one it meant.
But then I received information before 3GSM that co-operation would not be announced in 3GSM, so I skipped Skype's press conference in Barcelona. I visited Nokia S60 stand for example to see the Foreca Flash Lite demo, but unfortunately I missed this Skype demo... my bad.
hephail
Why does the hyperlink read "Skype running on Nokia 66880 S60 Handset"
Wondering,
Hephail
Rafe
I mispelt 6680 when typing up this post. Now I dont want correct it and break the url.
By the way rumours suggest this will be publically available on Monday.
zainman
i hope it works on GPRS too.. i know the speeds might lack but hey, it can still be used for instant messaging! Hope it becomes available soon, wifi and N91.. an amazing combination! :D
mull3r
i do hope it runs on gprs..that would be a huge leap..considering p2p tooo....was ported..(see symella)...
there shud ideally be some sort of cache server...as in symella if skype intends to make it convenient for gprs users
Drongo
Just what I need
Unregistered 02
if it doesn't work wirelessly, what's the point? you will be charged for 3g bandwidth by the carrier and the skype savings will evaporate.
you can already use skype with wireless on pocket pc.
hotspots won't be an issue forever; fairly soon major cities wil be blanketed one way or another.
Geiger
If it only works good with WiFi hotspots maybe the Mobile IP client from
www.smartroaming.com will become quite useful?
CommanderKeen
I already have a "latency" of several seconds when calling my granny on the other side of the road via a GSM phone ;-)
carim
Can some one hang up the link, from where is possible download skype for nokia? From Skype home page I didn't found jet.
2more
I tried Skype on PC using my 3G phone connection and there was nearly no lags in the connection. Im waiting for skype, as here in Poland I have unlimited GPRS/3G data plan for 15 euro a month :D
waynedovey
Does anyone know where we can download a test/demo version to try out on a Nokia N80 Series 60 version 3
2more
Skype over UMTS is what I'm looking for. Now I'm using TiVi.
Unregistered
Does skype in work on it too?
[pk]
I use skype on my laptop with N80 3G connection and there is no latency. i dont see why there should be one when using directly with my phone. This is an excellent idea and i look forward to using skype on my N80 in the future. ciao
seli
Syed Sarmad
Hi My name Is Syed Sarmad i have Nokia 6680 RM-36 v5.04.40 i want to Run Skype on my mobile i searched in google and i found a link of this site i saw there Skype running on nokia 6680 i want to download that skype which can call
plz mail me the link to download that skype
My E-mail address is
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