<p>I'm currently developing a mobile phone programming curriculum at the University of Nairobi, while simultaneously pursuing my ever growing list of research areas as a Research Scientist at MIT.</p> 2007-02-12T10:29:56+02:00 http://www.lifetype.net,1.2/ Copyright (c) natecow LifeType at Forum Nokia tag:blogs.forum.nokia.com,2007-02-12:407 2007-02-12T10:29:56+02:00 2007-02-12T10:29:56+02:00

I was enjoying some high-speed connectivity in Geneva on Friday at LIFT07 , and stumbled upon an application I've been wanting on my Nokia for years: a Skype client. iSkoot is the name of the ...

natecow http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/nathan-eagles-forum-nokia-blog General S60 I was enjoying some high-speed connectivity in Geneva on Friday at <a href="http://www.liftconference.com/2007/">LIFT07</a>, and stumbled upon an application I've been wanting on my Nokia for years: a Skype client. <a href="http://www.iskoot.com">iSkoot</a> is the name of the company - and their approach is a bit different from the other (pocket pc) mobile Skype clients I've seen. The app makes the phone actually place a local call to their server which then connects the user to the&#160; chosen phone number or skype buddy. This makes a lot of sense for users who have a low bandwidth / expensive data plan that can't consistently support duplex voip conversations. However, for someone in a foreign country without a working sim card but access to a high speed wifi connection - it doesn't seem to do the job. And also unfortunately for me, it doesn't seem to work in Kenya either, but they apparently support <a href="http://www.iskoot.com/intl_coverage.htm">most other locations</a>. Would be interested in hearing some reviews from the Symbian community...<br />