Nokia working on Skype phone
Skype getting its own Nokia handset
Nokia is working on a dedicated Skype handset, it was revealed yesterday. Website Electricpig spoke to Skype’s general manager, Russ Shaw, who confirmed that the VoIP hero would be coming to a Nokia near you soon.
Shaw stressed that Skype on the Nokia N900 was the benchmark example of what Skype can do on mobile, but that his company was “working closely with Nokia to really integrate a Skype experience… There are a few other devices on the joint road map that we’re working on where Skype will be properly integrated.”
That’s all we know for now, but we’re wondering what a Nokia Skype phone would mean – dialling out through Skype by default in 3G areas? Let us know what you’d like to see in a Nokia Skype phone in the comments section below…
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Bod72005 March 2010
You say possibly "dialling out through Skype by default in 3G areas?" but Skype calls using the iSkoot application (which I am almost certain these phones will use) actually just go over normal phone call and then get re-rooted via the Internet to wherever it is going... For example, if you called someone then that would be taken out of, say, any free minutes or credit you have. The only things that use an Internet connection are the chat, and the contacts list, simply checking who is on-line, etc.
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