Skype gets an Update

[Micky]

By Apoc


Skype for your mobile

Thanks to Apoc of Symbian Freak for the heads up!

[davers]

OK. This annoys me somewhat.

The whole point of Skype is the free Skype-to-Skype calls. That is the awesomeness of VoIP in general.

So why... WHY... when I am clearly connected to Wi-Fi, and am trying to make a Skype-to-Skype call, does it ask to dial a number (and therefore charge me for doing so)? Why do I have to pay? Just because it's from a mobile phone? When Fring worked with Skype, that was free. It just used the internet connection, á la desktop Skype.

So why on earth are they trying to charge me for a Skype-to-Skype call? Am I missing something here?

I can kinda see why somebody calling me from their mobile Skype to my mobile Skype should cost something, just for the sake of convenience. But why... if the infrastructure is already there to make it free (i.e. using my internet connection), are they trying to charge me?

VoIP stands for Voice Over Internet Protocol... it rather defeats the point of having VoIP on your phone if it needs to DIAL A NUMBER in order to call your VoIP contact... am I the only one who's thinking this?

Nevertheless, thanks for the link Micky. Guess I'll just have to keep hoping they fix Skype in Fring...

[psarna]

Originally Posted by davers

When Fring worked with Skype, that was free. It just used the internet connection, á la desktop Skype.

Fring still works with Skype, I used it last, let me think, err, 20 minutes ago? :)

[davers]

Weird, it stopped working for me. Guess I should probably update to latest version and try again... thanks for the heads up :)

[Pr1vate Piles]

yeah whats the deal with this, tried setting up, got on thought yay at last skype wherever i go, but then it rings a local number to connect. when i talked to my friend via mobile skype, he said it showed me using my mobile number and not skype user, odd. think i'll stick with fring.