I have no bugs to report but there are a few things missing.


- SMS (text messages)

I would really like to see the SMS function included in Skype for Devices. If I am sitting in a cafe or other public place, sending a text message would be a great option to have. It's quiet and there is no need to get out the headset. Also a great option for noisy environments where calls are hard to hear.

Should be very easy to add.


- Forwarding options

On vacation, I may not have access to a PC to sign in with. What if I want to change my call-forwarding number to a rental phone or similar. I understand the need for a tidy interface for the small screen but an "advanced options" button would keep things tidy until somebody needs more control.


- Contact photos

Hardly essential but it would be nice to see their faces instead of the default Skype-person.


- Video

Many have mentioned it but I would like the usability features first. It would be a great selling-point to support video on devices that have cameras. I imagine resolution and frame-rate would be minimal but sometimes even a blurry image helps you make your connection.

- Bluetooth headset support

This one is probably up to Nokia though an OS update but if they have any advanced documentation, have a look. This would be a killer addition for convenience and call clarity. N800 is a great device but the included headset is not perfect. Nokia's choice of a very rare connector means we cannot go to the store to choose alternatives. Bluetooth audio would solve this problem if only Nokia would support it.

- Integration

Is it possible to replace the Internet Tablet OS' "Internet Call" function with Skype? Removing clutter from the menus is always a good thing.


Thanks for bringing Skype to the N800. I really hope you can find the time to make it everything it could be.

I agree with all of the above.

Particularly the sms, skype-in and Video requests.

Would love to be able to hear my voicemail messages and delete them from the history list while on the N800... otherwise, have to do this from a PC! And, yes, video capablity...

Other than that... It's a WONDERFUL THING!

Would love to be able to hear my voicemail messages and delete them from the history list while on the N800... otherwise, have to do this from a PC! And, yes, video capablity...

OOther than that... It's a WONDERFUL THING!

just press and hold over the history entry. It will give you an option to play the voicemail

video video video video!

I agree skype on N800 is more than great and yes we need to see soon SMS better sound level in the headset and bluetooth capacity, I was so upset not being able to use a béuetooth headset with that great product:.,Being a big fan of Nokia for years I really do not understand why should a basic function likes that be ignored

Video!!! and bluetooth headset support would be nice too. I bought my n800 under the assumption that skype would support the built-in webcam--it seems absurd to me that it doesn't.

No bugs so far but why can't you edit or delete contacts on the Nokia n800? I had hoped the latest version which I have installed (version 1.7.43.38.2) would offer those obvious features which Skype failed to include. Editing or deleting on my laptop does nothing to those same contacts on the n800.

Finally, it would have been nice to get an answer back from Skype other than an irrelevant FAQ answer totally unrelated to my question as to why the tiny credit provided when I downloaded Skype to my n800 was in Euros instead of US dollars even though my laptop shows dollars and the last time I checked California was still part of the United States.

This post has been edited by dowslaw: Tue Sep 25 2007, 09:41

Wouldn't you know it. Yesterday I complain about editing contact problems and just like taking your car in for a problem. The problem suddenly has gone away.

Finally deleting contacts on laptop has worked and that also removed contacts from n800. But you still can not do this from the n800. Still can't edit contacts.

New issue I would like to address today. Why does my contact on my wife's skype, now that she has finally received my contact info after several days trying, now say "Using Skype without my computer. Find out more." (last part is a link) instead of the 'About Me' info which I want to display and was being displayed until she finally received my contact info? I am signed into my n800 and do not have a second laptop available right now to see what info is displayed when signed in on laptop instead of n800. But I feel like I am now an advert for Skype when signed in on my n800.

Second issue for today. Why do all my contacts have the correct time displayed for them but my wife sees the time in my contact as GMT +0 on her laptop and I see the time in her contact on the n800 as (minus) -1:.. (whatever the minutes are at the time) such as (minus) -1:42 (GMT) on my Skype. I have the clock set on the n800 to the correct time for California.

We both set up our Skype accounts on our laptops and my n800 in California and for -7 GMT

I let her log into Skype on my n800 today and it showed her tiny free credit in Euros although she has US Dollars on her laptop.

This post has been edited by dowslaw: Wed Sep 26 2007, 08:07

We have released the updated version of Skype for N800.

It has now Call forwarding options.

See more details on blog - http://share.skype.com/sites/garage/2007/0...800_update.html

We have released the updated version of Skype for N800.

Hi Raul,
I have a N800 since... yesterday. I am pretty satisfied with this little tablet.
I thought that, as it has a camera included, it would had a video conference feature.
I have video on Skype (beta) in my Linux box and it works extremely good.
Couldn't it be adapted the Linux-Skype Beta to the Nokia N800. There is a Debian Linux Skype
working and the OS of the N800 is Debian based. I think it will be even easy because, you have to trim the Debian version for just *one* camera type (chipset, driver, etc) and just one kernel, wouldn't it?
Any way I'm a big fan of Skype, it do solved many problems in my life. I'll be very please if I can be of any help (test a beta, whatever).
thank you for the good work
talueguito
raul

Please Please PLEASE ........Video calls.

no dropped calls with os2008 and n800. let's just get the basics ironed out.

I've run into a problem with my voicemail, I have OS2008 and the most recent version of Skype installed and when people call into my N800 it just rings indefinitely and never forwards my calls to my voicemail, when I have skype running on my laptop and my N800 it rings on the callers end even after I have rejected the call, when I have skype turned off on my N800 it sends my calls to voicemail. Is there something I'm missing or is there a bug in the system?

The two things that I'd like to see would be:
1) complete support for bluetooth headsets, including perhaps even a means of setting audio levels, if necessary and
2) video, even if the frame-rate is slow. In fact, I'd prefer a slower frame-rate with good quality pictures than a faster one with distorted images.

i have a few suggestions for features and bug fixes for skype on the nokia internet tablets, some of which have already been mentioned here. I am running os 2008 with the latest version of skype on an n800.

1) skype does not send calls to voicemail when it is online, and it does not allow the user to set this feature, as with skype for pc. if i get a call from someone i dont want to talk to, i have to reject the call (basically the same as hanging up on them) and then set skype to offline so they get my voicemail if they call back.. this is a major problem since i use skype as my main phone. even my beta quality netgear sph101 had voicemail settings.

2) i cant´use the large thumb keyboard to chat. in the previous version of slype for os 2007 i could jab at the textbox with my finger and get the thumb keyboard to pop up, usually after a couple tries. the middle dpad button did not work. with os2008 it still does not work, and i cant´get it to pop up with my finger either. this is also a major problem.

3) skype seems to drop calls occasionally. im not sure what the cause of this is, since i am usually very close to a router. for me, it is not a major inconvenience to call the person back, but i can imagine that iw would be for some people.

4) i cant finger scroll through my long list of contacts, and the scroll bar is tiny.

4.5) it would be nice if i could send and recieve files through skype chat. video calls might be usefull, but for me this is a low priority.

as general suggestions for skype:

5) i would like skype much more if caller ID worked. I always know who is calling me, but my friends often dont answer my calls because my number does not show on their caller ID.

6) it would be nice if i could send and recieve sms messages.

2) Can't use the large thumb keyboard to chat.

I've found that because this feature is missing, it's highly annoying to have to tap in messages with the stylus. This is probably the only major issue I have personally with skype. The call quality could be slightly improved upon as well, it seems that when talking with someone the connection gets bumpy on the n800 vs my desktop on the same network which sounds better without hiccups in comparison.

1) skype does not send calls to voicemail when it is online, and it does not allow the user to set this feature, as with skype for pc. if i get a call from someone i dont want to talk to, i have to reject the call (basically the same as hanging up on them) and then set skype to offline so they get my voicemail if they call back.. this is a major problem since i use skype as my main phone. even my beta quality netgear sph101 had voicemail settings.

I'd like to echo this comment as something I'd consider a priority, because it can lead to missing calls and messages when you are on a call, or online and away.

One of my tests of whether Skype is working is to use SkypeOut to call my own SkypeIn number. Typically on computer Skype clients I get a dialog informing me of the incoming call (even though I'm already on a call), and not answering means it goes to voicemail. The N800 client doesn't inform you of the incoming call (until you hang up your current call, apparently), and the caller just gets continuous rings instead of voicemail.

My own related wishlist, in priority order, for the N800 would be:
1) Send to voicemail when not answering a call, or when already on a call.
2) Notify of incoming calls when already on a call
3) Allow changing voicemail settings and greeting
4) Allow hold of current call to answer incoming call (or is this beyond what the N800's processor can handle?)
5) Conference calling (though I bet this is definitely beyond what the N800's processor can handle. )

A bug related to the appearance of the Skype application on the Nokia ITs / Maemo:

In most parts of the Skpe main window the background colour is hardcoded to white.

This is ok as long as the default hildon theme is used or any theme with black font colour. But when using a theme with a brighter font colour the text is in the Skype window is hard to read or not readable at all.

Proper behaviour would be, that Skype uses the text, background... colours defined by the current hildon theme and not hardcoded colours.
It doesn't make much sense to have a themable UI like hildon when applications are ignoring this and using hardcoded colours.

This post has been edited by iskarion: Sat Feb 9 2008, 18:11

i've just installed os2008 on my n800, it seems that the rocker key is not working only in skype