Skype 2.0 for Symbian
Today we have released Skype 2.0 for Symbian.
In this new release we have introduced some new features, namely:
- Contact finder
- Send contacts
- Update Skype status automatically using your calendar
- Make emergency calls via PSTN
- We’ve also made some minor user interface updates and bugfixes.
Download the new version of Skype for Symbian from the Ovi Store, or from skype.com/m on your device’s browser. If you prefer to install Skype via your computer, you can find specific download links to your Symbian flavor at the end of this post in the list of supported devices.
Some more details of the new features we’re introducing:
Contact finder
You can now find out which of your friends in your phone’s contact list are using Skype. In addition, you can show their phone numbers in your Skype contact list.
Send contacts
You can now share your contacts with other people on Skype.
Update Skype status automatically using your calendar
You can now set Skype to automatically change your online status to available/busy depending on your calendar status.
Make emergency calls via PSTN
In case you need to make emergency call and try to do it in Skype, it will now be routed through the PSTN. This feature works only on Symbian^3 devices.
Please bear in mind the following known issues while using Skype 2.0 on your Symbian device:
| Category | Affected devices | Description | Workaround |
| Calling | Symbian S60 5th ed devices | Voice is lost when receiving a SMS message in the middle of a call | Put call on hold for a moment or re-connect the call |
| General | Symbian S60 5th ed devices | Widget background uses picture if picture is set as wallpaper. Widget background is inherited from the wallpaper. All other widgets use theme background. | None available |
| Login | Symbian S60 5th ed devices | Can’t sign for the first time when ‘Ask when needed’ is selected at connection prompt. | Add WiFi or 3G access point to a Destination before starting the client. |
| Login | Nokia C7 | “Remember me” check box is gray and not click-able. | None available |
| Calling | All | When calling a phone via Skype using the phone’s native dialer, the avatar picture displayed is not always correct. | None available |
| Contact Sending | All | Sending a contact to a Skype for Mac will fail. | None available |
Supported devices:
Touch Platform (S60 5th Edition) – version 2.0.0.6, download:
| Model | Platform | Firmware |
| Nokia 5800 | S60 5th Edition | V 21.0.025, Custom : 40.0.005 |
| Nokia N97 mini | S60 5th Edition | v11.0.045 |
| Nokia N97 | S60 5th Edition | V 12.0.026 , Custom 12.026.209.07 |
| Nokia X6 | S60 5th Edition | v 12.0.091 |
| Nokia 5530 | S60 5th Edition | 20.0.080 |
| Nokia 5230 | S60 5th Edition | |
| Nokia C6 | S60 5th Edition |
Symbian^3 platform – version 2.0.0.5, download:
| Model | Platform | Firmware |
| Nokia C7 | Symbian^3 | |
| Nokia N8 | Symbian^3 | |
| Nokia E7 | Symbian^3 | |
| Nokia C6 | Symbian^3 |
Thanks for this new version, thanks for not leaving symbian users with no support after last nokia announcements regarding symbian.
OTOH, When will we have video support? How difficult it is? I mean, Fring was able to do that why can’t you do the same?
What about Symbian S60 3rd (non-touch screen like N95)?
By the way, m.skype.com (or skype.com/m) mistankenly detects my N95 as a Symbian 5th device and also gives me an old version of it (prior to 1.5).
I had to use the link to 1.5 below and install it from my pc.
Best wishes
Dear Skype support, if you already made a release for S60 5th Edition
why does it work with Samsung mobile phone 8910i which is knows as Samsung Omnia HD .. !!
this mobile phone works with symbian S60 5th Edition !!
why not supporting this phone ?
Dear Skype support,
unfortunately the provided link let’s download you the VERY OLD v 1.06 and not the current v2.0
Can you pls. make sure that you can download v2.0 and not a very old one
THANKS
yep same question here: When will we have video support? How difficult it is? I mean, Fring was able to do that why can’t you do the same?
I and many others have nokia phones with front facing camera but we never use it. i have nokia 5800 and i never used the front camera. by the time i found it that fring can do video call via skype i was too late because skype pulled a plug from fring
thanks.
Fantastic that Skype continue to support such a wide range of phones. My 5800 is still going strong!
Three suggestions to make the software even better:
1) Allow us to choose a WLAN connection as the default (or possibly the only) option if we want to. I never get offered wireless at startup, I just have to reject two GPRS options and then it connects to my WLAN automatically (though doesn’t tell me). This is despite the fact that the WLAN is the first/top option on my phone’s Connection Settings. For most internet-based applications you can go into App Manager, then choose Suite Settings and give it a default connection, tell it not to allow roaming etc (e.g. Snaptu does this). Would be great if Skype allowed this.
2) Provide a “reconnect” option. If Skype fails to find an internet connection or it drops it during use, then it still looks like it is signed in and will even allow me to make calls, even though it is no longer connected to the internet. The only way to reconnect is to quit and then open the application again.
3) This one is a really tiny issue but it would be nice to have … If I sign out then Skype forgets my username and password, so I have to type it in again. This is despite having the Remember Me box ticked. So I have to Options / Exit instead. Surely Exit is much more common than signing out on a phone, which probably only has one Skype user? Would be nice if it always remembered my details ands signed me in unless I went to Options / Sign Out or something. Unlikely to be needed very often.
I see Android got video calling today. Bizarre how Skype with its European roots has sold out to Apple and Google. The Nokia N8 with the best camera in the industry and a second forward-facing camera that ran Skype codecs perfectly through Fring until the BIG FEUD… still awaits Skype video calling after more than a year on the market (even with $85 Billion from Microsoft with its Nokia connection).
It would be also nice if you would fix the app so it does not drain the battery. Without Skype i can use my phone for 2 days with Skype running not even 8 hours. Please fix it or open up the API again so more efficient applications can be used again with video support. Thank you.