Skype for Mobile Java

Finally – Skype for Java is available in Beta. This means native skype support is not longer just for Windows Mobile.

So far quite a few mobiles are supported from Nokia, Motorola, Samsung and Sony Ericsson!

So head over to (on your mobile) http://skype.com/m

Or from your browser: http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/mobile/

BUT – In this beta version, anyone can receive calls, instant message and see who’s online. If you want to call phones, mobiles, or any of your Skype contacts, this is limited to people in Brazil, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Poland, Sweden and UK

So go over and try it. Unfortunatly it is not available for my E90 :-( yet. So still Fring Dependent…..

Recap of the latest news

Symbian Related

The Nokia E90 Bug list – I got it and I like it – despite the bugs

No VPN for Symbian – Why ?

Installing Exchange Certificates on S60 – Tutorial on S60 VPN

Nokia N95 - RIP – dead and gone – never Nokia N95 again

HTC & WM6 Related

Sneak Peak at HTC Shift – Mini Review HTC Shift

HTC Shift to Launch at Gitex In Dubai – The Launch is confirmed

HTC Athena / Advantage X7500 Windows Mobile 6 Review – the WM6 Mobile ROM review

12 New Phones from i-Mate – i-Mate launch at Gitex

Being HTC Touched – HTC Touch Review

Skype Related

Skype in Dubai – Skype is again working in Dubai without tricks

Skype still working in Dubai

Skype got the servers up and running again. And much to my joy I can say that Skype is still working without a hitch on my DU internet line. Skype In / Skype out works perfectly. So I have been bold and once again enabled my SMC and Netgear Wi-Fi Skype phones, updated the firmware on both, and are now "contactable" on my Skype in numbers wherever I got a Wi-Fi signal.

I would love to hear if Etisalat users have access to Skype without VPN too. Leave a comment please!

I'm still waiting for a resultion to the problem between my Netgear 854T and the SMC Phone. Updates will follow.

Skype is back and working and Skype works in Dubai

Now all Skype problems seems to have gone again.

Nice J and I can still confirm that Skype works without a hitch in Dubai without VPN or other tricks. At least on my different DU lines. (version 3.5.0.202).

I have not tried on Etisalat yet.

Weird problem between Netgear 854T and SMC WSKP100

When Skype worked a couple of days ago, I tried using my Wi-Fi SMC WSKP100 Skype phone for my Skype calls.

But every time after 12-15 minutes of Skype talking the Netgear 854T reboots and throws all connected clients of.

I tried 5-6 times – and it happens every time.

Any of you got any solutions? I'll report it to Netgear today J since it should not be possible to bring the Access Point down from ANY client.

Update 17th. August - Reported the bug to Netgear - lets see how long time it takes for them to look into the issue.

Now Skype works – now it does not

Yesterday I was so happy that Skype worked in Dubai... But today Skype got a problem with their servers – not allowing any logins.

You can follow progress on Skype Heartbeat – but today it is not only in Dubai it does not work.

I guess yesterdays Internal Skype software update took the systems down. They say 12-24 hours before they are up and running again (Posted on skype heartbeat at 14:02 GMT) L

I hope skype works again for ALL including the Dubai residents tomorrow.

Skype in Dubai – working today

As some of you might have noticed, my residence is in Dubai. A country where the government has an active protection policy towards Internet usage. That means that a lot of things are blocked, so you can't access them.

There are two telecoms companies here. Etisalat and DU. Both are partly owned by the government of Dubai. And each has different "content" blocks in place, protecting people from themselves. J

But that bad thing is – that both are blocking access to use Internet Phones now. Before only Etisalat was blocking access, but now both block by active packet inspection. That unfortunately means no access to VoIP without VPN (Virtual Private Network).

The protection is done to protect their phone revenues, since 70% of the population here are expats. So International phoning is a big revenue generator for them. (Some say as much as 80% of their income is from International Phone charges)

But the past couple of days, it actually seems like Skype 3.5.0.202 can get through perfectly without any problems. (On the DU network anyway)

One can only hope they are coming to their senses and are opening up for VoIP use. Unfortunately SIP is still blocked by them L