26 February 2008

Skype is coming to Symbian devices!

If you are waiting for the native Skype client for Symbian phones you have probably already suspend your hopes and/or got some of the 3rd party solutions that transfer voice over the cell or wi-fi networks to Skype network.

It is really sad that owners of the world leading Smartphone platform still didn’t get the native Skype port for the S60 devices.

For more than two years we are waiting for Skype to solve its battery drain and latency problems since the prototype was reported in February 2006.

Anyway, if you wonder if we’ll ever get the native Symbian application I’ve just found the news that you have been waiting for so long. Markus Göbel got some confirmations at the Mobile World Congress and claims that Skype is coming to Symbian devices soon maybe even next week.

It will enable to make Skype calls over 3G and Wifi and the most interesting, it will NOT be released by Skype and also not by the Israeli software maker Fring.

Unfortunately he is not allowed to reveal the name of the company but after the years and years of waiting I am truly excited to see if this rumor will really come true, although to be honest I am not using VOPI and Skype that much lately.