{"id":383695,"date":"2010-03-03T10:30:09","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T15:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jkontherun.com\/?p=58826"},"modified":"2010-03-03T10:30:09","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T15:30:09","slug":"skype-for-symbian-goes-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/383695","title":{"rendered":"Skype for Symbian Goes Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"312\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"&amp;videoXML=http:\/\/share.skype.com\/sites\/en\/video\/symbian\/symbian.xml\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/download.skype.com\/share\/videos\/player.swf\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"&amp;videoXML=http:\/\/share.skype.com\/sites\/en\/video\/symbian\/symbian.xml\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"312\" src=\"http:\/\/download.skype.com\/share\/videos\/player.swf\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"&amp;videoXML=http:\/\/share.skype.com\/sites\/en\/video\/symbian\/symbian.xml\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Skype may <a href=\"http:\/\/jkontherun.com\/2010\/02\/25\/skype-windows-mobile\/\">no longer be available for Windows Mobile<\/a> but the Symbian crowd should take note that the VoIP app has <a href=\"http:\/\/share.skype.com\/sites\/en\/2010\/03\/symbian.html\">left the beta stage<\/a> and is now available in the Ovi Store. You can&#8217;t make video calls but otherwise Skype for Symbian has all of the features you expect from your VoIP client:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>make free Skype-to-Skype calls to other Skype users anywhere in  the world<\/li>\n<li>send and receive instant messages to and from individuals or groups<\/li>\n<li>share pictures, videos and other files<\/li>\n<li>receive calls to your online number<\/li>\n<li>see when Skype contacts are online and available to call or IM<\/li>\n<li>easily import names and numbers from the phone\u2019s address book<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is refreshing to hear that Skype for Symbian can be used over Wi-Fi and 3G connections for maximum usefulness. Phone carriers can be downright paranoid over the use of VoIP over 3G so we&#8217;ll have to see how this plays out globally. The app can be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skype.com\/go\/symbian?cm_mmc=m171\">downloaded directly<\/a> or obtained through the <a href=\"http:\/\/store.ovi.com\/\">Ovi Store<\/a>. Skype for Symbian will work on the following handsets, per Skype:<\/p>\n<p>Nokia N97, Nokia N97 mini,  Nokia X6, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and Nokia 5530 and the following  non-touch devices: Nokia E72, Nokia E71, Nokia E90, Nokia E63, Nokia  E66, Nokia E51, Nokia N96, Nokia N95, Nokia N95 8Gb, Nokia N85, Nokia  N82, Nokia N81, Nokia N81 8 Gb, Nokia N79, Nokia N78, Nokia 6220  classic, Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia 5320.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related content from GigaOM Pro (sub req\u2019d):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/2009\/10\/att-verizon-grudgingly-move-toward-openness\/\">AT&amp;T, Verizon Grudgingly Move Towards Openness<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/jkontherun.wordpress.com\/58826\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/jkontherun.wordpress.com\/58826\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godelicious\/jkontherun.wordpress.com\/58826\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/delicious\/jkontherun.wordpress.com\/58826\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gostumble\/jkontherun.wordpress.com\/58826\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/stumble\/jkontherun.wordpress.com\/58826\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godigg\/jkontherun.wordpress.com\/58826\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/digg\/jkontherun.wordpress.com\/58826\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/goreddit\/jkontherun.wordpress.com\/58826\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/reddit\/jkontherun.wordpress.com\/58826\/\" \/><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=jkontherun.com&#038;blog=4479943&#038;post=58826&#038;subd=jkontherun&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skype may no longer be available for Windows Mobile but the Symbian crowd should take note that the VoIP app has left the beta stage and is now available in the Ovi Store. You can&#8217;t make video calls but otherwise Skype for Symbian has all of the features you expect from your VoIP client: make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":686,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-383695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/686"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}