Skype coming to future N-series Nokia devices, N97 gets first

by Darren Murph posted Feb 17th 2009 at 9:27PM

We already knew that Nokia was looking for swanky widgets to cram onto its swanky N97, so it's no real shock to see the suits in Espoo reaching out to Skype here. Starting with the N97 in Q3 2009, future N-series devices will come pre-loaded with a Skype client, enabling handset owners to save those precious minutes and dial up fellow Skype buddies whenever a WiFi hotspot is near. There's no word on just how far this relationship will go, but we'll at least let the cute couple round first before we start making outlandish predictions.

Filed under: Messaging, Nokia, Symbian

Tags: calling, mwc, mwc 09, mwc 2009, Mwc09, Mwc2009, n97, nokia, skype, symbian, voip, voip calling, VoipCalling

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Catdogburger @ Feb 17th 2009 10:45PM

"enabling handset owners to save those precious minutes and dial up fellow Skype buddies whenever a WiFi hotspot is near."

What about 3G? I don't have it in my area but wouldn't it work with 3G as well as WiFi?

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dwm @ Feb 17th 2009 11:25PM

It works on 3G. Unlimited data plans work for this type of use

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Catdogburger @ Feb 17th 2009 11:28PM

thanks man, really excited to get 3G down here sometime!

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ran @ Feb 18th 2009 12:08AM

3G latency is still very high.

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ran @ Feb 18th 2009 12:07AM

About f'ing time.

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Scott @ Feb 18th 2009 10:18AM

Any word on whether N97's bought in June will be able to download the app through the store, or will this only be available to N97s bought after November?

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Al @ Feb 18th 2009 1:39PM

Probably available via a firmware update

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abeh @ Feb 20th 2009 6:53AM

Will the N95 be able to run this Skype Client

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shishi @ Feb 25th 2009 12:52PM

Wow, can the article be MORE condescending?

"the suits"
"cute couple"
etc

Darren forgot to mention that the N97 will be able to use Skype through 3G, something certain other object of love/phone cannnot do.

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DawGone @ Apr 29th 2009 3:13PM

Am I missing something?
I have a 2 year old phone in my pocket that runs Skype on 3g, and I had one before that which could do it too.
The phones I am referring to are the Nokia N95 (came pre-installed) and N80 (downloaded it through the phone's browser on 3g).
Perhaps things are just different here in the UK.