If you remember, when the Nokia N97 was announced, it was told that Skype, the very popular VoIP Service, should be integrated. There was a huge discussion if Service Providers stopped it or not, whatever, that doesn´t really matter. What does matter is, that a Skype Symbian Client was released a few weeks ago – for 3rd Edition. Now, finally, Skype released a client for 5th Edition, finally, N97 users should be able to use Skype with a native client. But guess what, it doesn´t work on N97. At least not with the 21.x firmware. I thought it was the fault of my N97 but after asking on Twitter people told me that they get the same error. The app downloads and installs fine, then, when you fire it up, there are two screens you have to accept (Network connection and stuff) and after that, when the app should start, it just crashes. Ricky from SymbianGuru told me that there is a known issue with 21.x firmware when showing contacts, i can´t confirm that, because i don´t even get to this point.
I really hope, that Skype fixes that. I like clients that are doing ONE job, but do it good. I don´t need Nimbuzz or Fring, which have several services included, if i only want to use Skype. From what you can read around the web, the client does its job quite well, you can use your Skype credits and stuff, so quite a client i would like to use on the N97 which it was promised for…
Did you already try the Skype app on your 5th or 3rd Edition Device? What do you think about it?
To download (free of course) just point your mobile browser to http://www.skype.com/m.
