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Skype 2.0 for Pocket PC released - Symbian STILL cannot do it January 27, 2006 [Pocket PC phone] | By Edward J. R. Updated: explanation why Skype is not working on Symbian devices yet - see bottom of this story! The only mobile phones that support Skype are Windows Mobile phones - still there is no version of Skype for Symbian! Moreover Skype is very commited to extend and keep up to date Skype for Pocket PC as this new release shows... The new version of Skype for Pocket PC is 2.0.0.39: 
... among others brings possibility to liten to voice mail messages: 
Skype on the go with Skype for Pocket PC. Make voice calls and chat for free, no matter where you are. It’s easy to use and available when you connect to WiFi or 3G. What are the features of Skype for Pocket PC 2.0? Some of the features in the latest version are: * Best ever call quality * Skype to Skype and SkypeOut calls. * Instant messaging * Presence, includes: Online, offline, away, call forwarding * Automatic synchronization of your Skype contact list between device and desktop. * Voicemail: receive voicemail on client and ability to send voicemail to non-subscribers * Making SkypeOut calls directly from the device phone book * Easily search for contacts * Authorizing buddy requests and adding new contacts * support for callto:// links To download version 2.0 of Skype for Pocket PC click here. If you would like to get a feeling what is a quality of voice from Skype for Pocket PC version 2.0, click here (MP3 file) to hear a recording on the PC of a Skype voice call from a Pocket PC phone: a Skype voice call was recorded on the PC side, while voice was feeded to the Pocket PC with Skype. If you are viewing this story with Pocket PC with Skype 2.0 you can test above mentioned calloto:// link support by clicking (i.e. tapping with stylus) here: callto://msmobiles - a voice mailbox of our site, where users can leave questions that are being answered in our podcasts (nobody answers there in person - only automatic answering machine there). Update: apparently the reason why Skype doesn't exist on Symbian devices is because Symbian runs on CPUs betwee 125 and 200 Mhz so far. And the Skype code needs much more processing power than that. Even on Pocket PC devices with processors slower than 400 MHz, Skype is very slow and brings the PDA to a crawl. So, one could say that the problem is not "Symbian that can't do it", but it's the fact that Skype is UNOPTIMIZED for mobile devices - even on Windows Mobile (Pocket PC and MS Smartphone) - because processor of speed 200 MHz is not enough also in case of Windows Mobile. Anyway: the bottom line is that many Pocket PC phones (those with processor speed above 400 MHz) can use Skype for making voice calls, while no Symbian phones can do it yet...  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 6 Comments ]
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