Pocket PC Users Experiencing Trouble With Skype?

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117763,tk,dn091304X,00.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.pcworld.com/news/article...n091304X,00.asp</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Pocket PC users who were expecting to use Skype Technologies' SkypeOut service to make telephone calls via the Internet may find themselves without a dial-tone. Skype introduced version 1.0 of its Internet telephony application for Pocket PCs last week, but this version--the first nonbeta release of the software--does not work well on all Pocket PCs, users report."</i><br /><br />According to this PC World article, some Pocket PC users are experiencing trouble with the Skype client on their devices. I tried the beta on my iPAQ 4150, and it worked nicely (though it prooved how quiet the speaker really is). Anyone having trouble with Skype on their Pocket PCs?

[dblml320]

I tried Skype 1.0 on my Dell Axim X3i, and it did not work. It came up, and I could make calls, but the party on the other end could not hear me. I have been told that Skype knows they have an issue with the Microphone on the Dell Axim. I submitted a trouble report to them and have not heard anything back from them yet.

Since I could not get Skype to work I decided to try stanaphone, another pocketpc and windows based solution. I have to say .. I AM IMPRESSED!

I signed up for stanaphone, and immediately received a real phone number! I installed the software on my pocketpc, and it worked first time. I bought some time via PayPal. I also installed the Winodws beta and it worked flawlessly.

I tried a test call to myself, and when I did not answer, I got a phone mail prompt and I left a message. About 20 minutes later I received an email with a WAV file attached that was my message. This is totally cool

I will go back and try Skype when I hear that it is fixed ... but really stanaphone does everything I need, so Skype would have to provide a feature that stanaphone does not have, in order for me to switch permanently.

[Jereboam]

Apparently there is a Skype to POTS issue with the PPC client, whereas Skype to Skype calls work fine.

I have only tried dialling to POTS with the PPC, and can confirm that the other party could not hear me. Whether this is a mic issue or a more global problem I do not know.

J'bm

[Falstaff]

I couldn't even get the newest Skype to install, I uninstalled the old beta I had and then installing the new version failed for some reason. It would go through everything and then say some file wasn't sopied right, I have to try uninstalling it from my PC and then trying again. The beta worked for me though, which struck me as kind of odd.

[lf777]

It is working perfectly for me. The previous version did not. I am using a Dell Axim X30. Skype-Skyspe is excellent, haven't tried Skypeout, though....

Leo
http://medPDA.net

[rrusa]

IPAQ 4350

Didn't work out for me...

Installed fine...I could make calls, but no one could hear me - just a lot of BUZZING on their end.

Will try again later....

[howlettg]

I tried Skype 1.0 on my IPAQ 5550. With SkypeOut the person I was calling could only hear a buzzing noise. Skype to Skype calls worked perfectly.

The Skype forums have a few threads on this problem and I remember reading that they thought they would have a fix in the next week or so.

[shanafme]

I'm experiencing the same problem with my iPaq h5555. Calls work fine when calling another SKype user, but when using SkypeOut, the other end can't hear me.

I downgraded to version .94 and it seems to work. The problem seems to only be in version 1.0.

[DiGiTYZED]

PocketSkype 1.0 locks up my whole PPC when I hit the Accept button on the end-user license agreement (EULA) page. It's been doing that for that last couple of betas actually. I can't even get to sign-in. Weird because one of the first betas I tried worked perfectly (skype to skype only). Though I did have WM2K3 then and WM2K3 SE now... hmmmm.....

[onepieceman]

Same for me on my XDA2. Can hear everything perfectly, but all the guy on the other end of the SkypeOut connection hears is a very loud buzzing. If it's to do with the microphone, then it doesn't seem to be device specific...