A First Look at Skype for Symbian Mobiles (beta)

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App/Service Features:

• Free Skype-to-Skype calling
• Call phones with Skype credits or subscription
• Receive calls on your Online Number
• Instant Messaging
• Group conversations
• File sending and receiving

What the Developers say:

• We would like to get all your feedback on this beta release. Did you like it? Did we miss anything? Did you have any trouble using it? Did you have any technical issues?
• Let us know about it on our forums.
• Please remember that it is a beta release, which means that the quality is not up to our usual high standards. If you experience any bumps during the usage of the client then please let us know.

UPDATE: The final version of this beta has been released and we have posted the Video Demo for the same. You can read more about it here.

Skype finally released the long awaited App for Symbian Mobiles. Its in beta stage and currently supports more than 10 Symbian S60 3rd Edition handsets. After the beat feedback – versions for more phones would be on their way. Here is the First look at Skype for Symbian.

Currently Skype for Symbian supports following features:

• Free Skype-to-Skype calling
• Call phones with Skype credits or subscription
• Receive calls on your Online Number
• Instant Messaging
• Group conversations
• File sending and receiving

Since Skype requires an internet connection to work, its advisable to have an Unlimited plan form your Network operator. It also works on Wi-Fi, so if you have free Wi-Fi access, the calls from Skype to Skype would be completely free.

The List of Phone Models that are supported are:

Symbian S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 devices:

Nokia E71, E63, E66, N82, E52, N95, N95 8GB, N81, N81 8GB, E90. (Download Link for these devices is here.)

Symbian S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 devices:

Nokia N96, N85, 5320, 6210 Navigator, 6210 Classic, N78, N79. (Download link for these devices is here.)

These download links are for the Skype for Symbian Beta, so they may change over time.

Installation Instructions from the Developers:

- Install it to the phone memory (needs 6mb of free space)

- Install over the air or via Nokia PC Suite, or just send the application file to phone over Bluetooth.

I installed the Application in the Mass Memory as its inbuilt in my Nokia N98 8Gb, via Bluetooth. Installation was smooth and without any interruptions.

Made the “Test Call for Skype” over 3G connection and it worked flawlessly. If you are interested in trying out Skype for Symbian, download the App from the links above, and let us know what you think about it.

Some Screenshots of Skype for Symbian in Action on a Nokia N98 8GB:

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