At 28 Sep 2007 16:10:17 +0000 Larry wrote:

> Hey, Todd, check out Skype for Mobile on your WM6.
> http://www.skype.com/download/skype/mobile/


I have it on device, but it's too processor intesive for the pitiful
200MHz processor in my phone. Fring has less overhead, and allows me
to use Skype on the phone without audio chop.


> Skype for Mobile on the
> Windows PDAs and now the Nokia N800 tablet, which is new, works
great on
> both cellphone broadband and any wifi.

Yep- but another Benifit to Fring is that it will let you make Skype
calls over slow cellular data as well- anything over 30k is supposed
to work for voice.

> It will run in background, even if
> you're on a PDA WM6 phone call..(c;


Yep- I'm actually using an older version tailored for slow devices.
Maybe I'll try a new one and see if things have improved.


> Keep track of your gigabytes if you install it. Don't want Verizon
to dump
> you!


I'm with T-Mo- they don't even have a TOS...

>
> Skype on a WM PDA doesn't have compatiblity problems....even
running at the
> same time as the computers and Netgear wifi Skype phone....

Again, my PPC phone is slower than most- when I bought it a 18 months
ago, T-Mo and Cingular were hustling 200MHz models, while Verizon and
Sprint sold 400MHz units that work much better for Skype.

If I'm desperate to run Skype, I have a batch file on the device that
overclocks itto 230MHz then runs Skype. That works fine, but so does
Fring, without the overclocking. The neat thing about Fring is it
runs muliple VoIPs at once, so I can receive calls from both Skype
and a SIP account with a phone number (I don't have a Skype-In
number,) and place outgoing calls from either with only one app
running.


--

"I don't need my cell phone to play video games or take pictures
or double as a Walkie-Talkie; I just need it to work. Thanks for
all the bells and whistles, but I could communicate better with
ACTUAL bells and whistles." -Bill Maher 9/25/2003