03-22-2004, 10:17 PM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,186
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Skype VoIP Client for Pocket PC Now in Closed Beta
"Skype is getting ready to start a closed betatesting of Skype for Pocket PC platform. This will happen during this week and we are looking for people to participate in the closed beta and help us improve the product before starting the public beta. "
"Skype's service lets people make unlimited free phone calls using what's known as voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), a technology for placing calls using the Internet."
Requirements for Skype PDA version:
� 400 mhz PDA running Pocket PC 2003
� WiFi on the PDA so that you can access the internet
� A headset compatible with the PDA is useful most of the time
To sign up, you'll need to register in the Skype forums and follow the instructions in this thread.
Get in while you can! 8)
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03-22-2004, 10:29 PM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 841
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Now this is interesting! I bet the Skype will be better than XTEN and other SIP solutions. I'm definetelly interested in this one.
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03-22-2004, 10:35 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 190
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Hey, and what about writing what does this app do? I've never heard about it before.
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03-22-2004, 10:40 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 127
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Will I be able to use the mic on my iPAQ h2210 with this app?
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03-22-2004, 10:40 PM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,186
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Originally Posted by omikron.sk
Hey, and what about writing what does this app do? I've never heard about it before.
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Sorry about that - I thought I had. I've updated my post. Thanks!
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03-22-2004, 10:45 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 784
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Does it actually allow you to make phone calls to land-line phones or just to other Skype users?
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03-22-2004, 10:53 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 361
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Should be to other Skype users for now, but they are talking about a landline-compatible client in the near future. The VoIP FCC ruling should help in the US.
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03-22-2004, 10:57 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 165
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Originally Posted by T-Will
Does it actually allow you to make phone calls to land-line phones or just to other Skype users?
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As far as I know it's a P2P solution only... but rumor has it they hope to release a pay-service using their "super nifty proprietary voice compression codecs" to eventually connect to PSTN... but not yet.
And, no... it won't work with my Vonage account... :cry:
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03-22-2004, 11:08 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 178
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I love Skype and use it each night to talk to my girlfriend in Poland. (don't worry I have seen her, she is not some fake computer geek generated eastern european internet girlfriend  )
I find it great for saving on phone calls and for me is better quality than calling Poland landlines or cellphones.
I just signed up for the Beta Program and really hope I get selected.
Colin
PS. Anyone else notice that it is "Voice over IP night" here at the PocketPCThoughts.com lounge??? Two front page stories hours apart.
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03-22-2004, 11:11 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 15,171
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Originally Posted by lonesniper
PS. Anyone else notice that it is "Voice over IP night" here at the PocketPCThoughts.com lounge??? Two front page stories hours apart.
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It's just a coincidence. :lol:
--janak
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