Thread: Is there any future for Skype on the n900. Do you use Skype Out?
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colnago is offline colnago
2010-05-19 , 03:11
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Originally Posted by flailingmonkey View Post
...colnago, the N900 only has an option to add Skype usernames to a Contact, either to Skype call or Skype IM that user. For phone numbers, it makes a new button when selecting the contact (but not entry to edit in Contact details) with the same details as the regular phone numbers. While other Skype clients allow saving phone numbers, the N900 already has a way to store a number for a contact, so it is using that instead.
Not quite. I posted a step by step, along with screenshots, for creating a Skype entry in a contact, which is both configurable, and capable of maling calls to the PSTN. This entry can be manually selected from the dial pad via the "Call Type" button. You are "not" limited to the default Skype entry created by the 900s contact mgmt.

All timwatt has to do is setup his contac(s) like this ("Skype Call" field being the closest to the desired effect):





Last edited by colnago; 2010-05-19 at 03:48.