Comments on: Details: Skype On The N900

By: Jayakumar Gopalakrishnan

Jayakumar Gopalakrishnan — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:10:57 +0000

N900′s sold in India are not preloaded with Skype.

Its a joke that Nokia Customer care says , tat Skype will not be available due to Government regulations.

My previous E90 had Skype, all my office colleagues who have Symbian based Nokia’s have skype.

I am the odd man out.

By: Iliyan

Iliyan — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:24:05 +0000

Although I am not a great user of video calls, I support the idea of having this feature developed as soon as possible.
However from my prospective, the file transfer option would be a great advantage and currently its lack is bringing a grim on my face :S
Just think about it – at least me and my colleagues are exchanging constantly files and images – I suppose most of the Nokia users do so.

By: Will

Will — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 09:17:40 +0000

I’d like to vote for video calls for the N900′s Skype application too.
Surely if GoogleTalk supports it, it’s quite possible and straightforward to do.
I assume the N900′s GPU and CPU are fast enough to transmit and receive some low resolution skype video streams.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:42:56 +0000

If your looking for Skype features worth supporting, please consider : SMSs via Skype and Skype Access.

By: Roshan

Roshan — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:33:49 +0000

Why can’t the skype have video call feature on N900, Please update it.
Thats gonna take step a head of Iphone

By: martin

martin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:36:48 +0000

I wanted to say googletalk has video embeded into the n900.
when you recieve a google talk call and recieve as normal like a regular call, it actually shows a webcam icon which opens up the front camera.
the capability seems to be already embeddded, so maybe skype need to rewrite the skype app to exploit this feature, and introduce it into the next n900 firmware update.
or maemo/ nokia ?

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:32:02 +0000

What is needed is no fancy, bandwidth eating camera function, but plain and simple SMS! The ISPs charge a fortune for this stone-age technology. Come on Nokia and Skype, this should be possible!

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:19:39 +0000

There is no file transfer capability with Skype on the n900 yet.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:33:29 +0000

Sorry I forgot to ask the difference between the N810 and the N900 but the telephony feature and the size.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:30:15 +0000

Hi,

Happy to see that video skype may be integrated on the N900.
Now, I wonder if the N900 still allows to use SIP call and if he gets a xterm.
Is the GPS more efficient than the N810?

By: Rod

Rod — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:33:53 +0000

Video skype would be the killer application for the N900.
If they add video calling they will be ahead of iphone.
They have the front camera and the power so why not use it!!!.
That is real mobile computing !!!!

By: Vaibhav Sharma

Vaibhav Sharma — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:55:14 +0000

Rumeo, I definitely agree Nokia needs to pull up marketing vis-a-vis apple. I still remember how copy paste and using the iPhone as a modem became ‘features’.

As far as video calls over IP go, it’ll be great to have them but I don’t think there is a huge market for them. People want privacy and plus its also easier to lie when someone’s not looking at you!

By: rumeo

rumeo — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:56:35 +0000

This is good news, that the most important Skype features are available on the phone without starting an app. Thanks for that. A great argument.

On the other hand I would suggest to implement die Video Call feature as soon as possible before Android provides it and makes great noise.

I can also be a great differentiator from the iphone, that will not have it (at least on the 3G), and maybe finally push Video calls in general on the Market. Ok, even if at the beginning not many people will use Video calls, Nokia can sell the N900 as “the Video calling enabled device”. It must be very easy to handle, and I believe this is the case with Skype, so calls to Laptops and netbook (all equipped with camera nowadays) will come more and more.

The worse news would be if apple pushes VC in the next generation phones (also the coming tablet). I cannot hear Steve announcing, they are the first, the best, the incredible in the world providing VC.
So please hurry and do clever marketing.