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.
Shortly after making the whole code of the most popular smartphone OS opensource, @Symbian started a twitter campaign to give away even more. Yesterday they started with giving away 2GB Flash Drives with the whole source code of Symbian on it, but what will it be today? Just give them a shout with hashtag #symbiangives to find out. A grand total of prizes worth $ 5.500 will be given away until February 19th, for full details just visit their giveaway site.
I think most people can´t imagine what a huuuuge thing it is to make a whole OS open source. People can do with it what they want, port it to devices they want, change it the way they want. I just hope that the mobile device manufacturers take the chance to make the best mobile OS ever and don´t try to cripple it down to nothing.
As much as i hated my Nokia N97 until now, Ovi Maps Racing makes it worth to be used a few times a day. I just like the game, which is available for free from Ovi Store. Of course, the graphics aren´t what they should be in 2010 but then again, it is Symbian. The game is a lot of fun and the best feature is the track editor. It is pretty easy to design your very own racing tracks and drive around in your home city on your Nokia device. How easy it is, you will see in the video below. It is just a few clicks until you can drive wherever you want. If you don´t want to use the feature to be located, you still can create your own track by chosing a given city. Excellent game with excellent features. Together with free Ovi Maps Navigation the best thing Nokia gave us since the release of the N95.
