Skype for Symbian Fifth Edition Gets Official
Skype for the Symbian has finally arrived! Yeah, we know we said that before, but we weren’t sure then as it was available only for networks of 3 in Europe and a few other destinations in late August last year. But the folks at Skype have set things right with the worldwide release of the symbian version of the popular VoIP client.
We have been recommending Fring and Nimbuzz for Skypeing for quiet a while now. Does the official client from Skype change our opinion? Let’s find out after the break.
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The first thing that strikes to you when you start using this client, is the enormous loading times each task takes: from signing-in to syncing chat history (which can easily take a minute or two) but what’s satisfying is the diverse feature set which is almost (you will find out later why we say almost here) same as the one we find on the desktop version of the client.
What we like?
- Diverse feature set
- Ability to sync with phone contacts for calls via Skype-out credits
What we don’t like?
- No VIDEO CHAT
- RAM intensive structure leaves us no options but to kill all the other apps when using Skype
Verdict
The official version of Skype for Symbian is no doubt a promising client but it just falls short of expectations when compared to competing apps like Fring and Nimbuzz. Not only does it lack video calling support but it takes a rather heavy load on RAM, making it virtually impossible to multi-task while Skypeing on your 5800s. So we would still stick with Fring for our VoIP needs as of now, but there is nothing wrong in trying this official Skype client on your 5800s.
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