run skype now on the n800

[play2win]

I noticed while researching portable apps there is a way to get skype operating from a thumb drive. If you can do this with windows, can any linux gurus here make skype work on the n800 from a linux version of skype?

http://www.gruups.com/usbskype/

Thanks

[SeRi@lDiE]

Simple answer no.
Skype is not open source.

[Rocketman]

Skype is supposedly being developed for the N800. Nokia made a big deal about it a while back. Of course these days, I believe it when I see it and I haven't seen it yet.

[jaymzz]

Maybe if you can get wine ported to the N800...

[DryLand404]

The program and librarys would have to be compiled for the specific processor or run in an emulator.

[jaymzz]

The program and librarys would have to be compiled for the specific processor or run in an emulator.

I have been out-geeked! :)

[Mika73]

This topic was too good to be true.. :(

So it looks like that waiting continues.. ;)

[TA-t3]

People forget that mobile devices like the N800 use a different CPU, so it's not enough that it's the same OS (e.g. linux) unless the CPU is the same too (in this case: ARM != iA32). In other words, we don't need a 'linux version', we need a 'linux little-endian ARM version'. :)

[griz]

OYE!!!


I thought there was really hope that I'd have Skype on my N800 in time for my Asian trip.

:(

[AndyTheSwede]

This whole "Skype-thing" makes me very disappointed. I've had my N800 for 4 months now and even though it is a nice little piece to surf around with, I'm very disappointed not getting Skype on it yet. I thought it would take maybe 1 or 2 months before it was released, but obviously I was very wrong. I'm also disappointed of N800s poor video support. Even with the new update of the OS it won't run smooth. Not what I expected from Nokia.

[Nik1]

Skype dev is taking way too long.... I havent used google talk at all since I bought my n800

[geneven]

Can the holdup really be that it is in beta testing? There has been a heck of a lot of test time. A friend told me that a day is coming soon when you can call anyone in the world for free with Skype. Not with the N800, you can't.

[LasseMan]

Can the holdup really be that it is in beta testing?
No. There's alot more to it. Skype already works with 3's X-Series mobile phones. They must have worked out some kind of contract to let 3 have Skype exclusive on their mobile devices, at least for a limited amount of time.

[brendan]

one of the considerations i have been tossing around is a skype phone, that makes using skype a non-computer based effort. belkin and phillips have a few nice ones. they have ones that connect to regular phone lines for traditional POTS (or VoIP if you backfeed the house from a cable modem) as well as skype via wifi, in the same unit.

i think the full potential of skype on the n800 wont be reached until bluetooth headset drivers are included in the OS. not that they would listen to a lowly me, but maybe thats what is in the works and is what is keeping the go-live date out to june or so.

points, counterpoints?

[zerojay]

Guys, when Nokia announced Skype support, they said from day one that it would be part of a firmware update coming this summer. I'm expecting June or July. In thee meantime, I'm using Gizmo.

[zerojay]

Can the holdup really be that it is in beta testing? There has been a heck of a lot of test time.

I can tell you haven't done any sort of professional software development before.
Yes, it can still be in QA and no, a month or two in test for a program as complex as Skype is nowhere near "a heck of a lot of test time". Just be patient.

[janjansenbe]

All the complaints in this thread seems obsolete to me, indeed, as in the previous posting is mentioned, ... skype will be available this summer. On the other hand, for people who really need at this moment some kind of voip, just use google talk or gizmo, both are available. In my particular case, I am using google talk from time to time (indeed, I was obliged to ask my friends to install google talk too, but that's just a matter of a few minutes of installing the software, isn't it).

Conclusion, just be a little bit more patient, it will come ! By the way, the most important things will be :
- stability
- voice quality
- and last but not least, completely integrated (like Google Talk), so that you don't have to launch the application manually after reboot.

Cheers, Jan

[geneven]

No professional software development at all! Well, there was the eight years at Quarterdeck, with beta testing every day, but that wouldn't count... We even had early voip software, long before Skype even existed..

[aleksandyr]

Off topic:

In defense of the N800, mplayer + FLV = flawless playback.

[Toontje]

What worries me is the silence all over on the Skype forums....

Ton.

[Karel Jansens]

What worries me is the silence all over on the Skype forums....

Ton.

So Skype doesn't work, huh? :D

[lil_killer129]

Do we have to pay to make skype calls?

[Nik1]

Do we have to pay to make skype calls?

Visit www.skype.com .... All Skype to Skype calls are free, however, skype to landline or mobile phone is not.

[TA-t3]

As the previous poster said. Calling to landlines is cheap though. I still haven't spent the ten euros worth of calling time I bought a couple of years ago. It drops a bit quicker if you call mobile phones.

[Toontje]

So Skype doesn't work, huh? :D

Skype works perfect on Windows PC's, works sort of on Macs and doesn't work on N800's.... :mad:

[whatever7]

You guys make too big a deal out of it. SkypeOut doesn't pass out the caller ID, so you may as well just use Gizmo to make out going calls. For SkypeIn, you can set it to forward to your mobile phone.

Only thing you are missing are Skype chat and free SkypeIn. You have to wait for official Skype client. I wouldn''t be surprised if Skype wait till Palm release their Linux tablet before releasing the linux Skype client. Keep in mind Skype made the client for the Sony mylo thing but not on all the PalmOS Treo phones so they are very ...random.

[DryLand404]

I get serious sound quality issues with Gizmo. Does it get better with a paid account?

[sondjata]

No problems here, except for intermittent feedback. Paying only gets you minutes not unlocked software.

[Nik1]

How is the performance of Gizmo compared to Skype? Features? I might just give it a try.

[DryLand404]

SondJata -
Are you using the headset or speaker phone?

[Texrat]

This thread title is killing me... lol. I really wanna see Skype!

[Toontje]

This thread title is killing me... lol. I really wanna see Skype!

In two months it should be here, no? :p

About making a big deal out of Skype and not using Gizmo i can only speak for myself and that is that most of my friends, well ALL of my friends, are using Skype. That's the only reason i want Skype and not Gizmo.

Ton.

[griz]

Promises of Skype soon were part of my decision to purchase an N800. I've been in this business for over 25 years...you think I would have learned by now. :-/

[Texrat]

That word "soon" is awfully vague... ;)

[Toontje]

"Soon" the world will be so big that the atmospheric layer can't protect us anymore. Probably in another 15 million years.... :rolleyes:

[smackpotato]

Right now you can get comunicate with skype and your nokia n770 or n800
my solution is tapiocca, gtalk2voip ipkall forwarded to gtalk2voip then skype forwarded to ipkall. to start a call to skype use sms4skype.net.(+41762203200) the pretty well covers it all
in the n800 google talk might work better than tapiocca. it will cost you 5 bucks for gtalk2voip and you'll have to get skype out to pay for forwarding to your ipkall number, but the ipkall number is free all and all its is ok but your friends have to know it will take a while to connect

[Nik1]

I am tempted to use Gizmo, but I keep thinking Skype will be released one day after another.

[fldude99]

I am tempted to use Gizmo, but I keep thinking Skype will be released one day after another.

Tempted? Why not use it-it works great. Excellent call quality

[Nik1]

I have got a great deal of contacts on my Skype. I use it for business and family, im not going to pay for yet another company.

[fldude99]

I also am waiting on skype but in the meantime 2c/min for calling a landline is hardly what I would call "paying"