Skype Mobile

The Skype Mobile blog has served us fine, but its days are over. We are running the mobile news on [Skype Gear](http://www.skype.com/gear) where you'll find all the mobile news, along with any other Skype gear. We have migrated all the old mobile blog content (with comments) to Gear, so you can find everything there nicely preserved.

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Skype for Pocket PC reached an amazing milestone last month in reaching 5 million downloads and winning Smartphone and Pocket PC Magazine's Best Software 2006 award in the phone and fax category (for the second year running).

Things seem to move so fast at Skype that I often need to remind myself to stop and think. Reaching 5 million downloads in just over two years is unprecented in the Windows Mobile developer community and more than anything shows just how important an application Skype is to Pocket PC users.

Continue reading "5 million downloads and a Pocket PC public chat" »

Yes, we want it all and it seems that we’re getting it all in even smaller packages. This year saw more and more Windows Mobile phones with GPS and this is a theme that seems set to continue next year.

So I thought I’d give a little round up of a few

GPS Pocket PC phones

Continue reading "Sat nav, mobile email, and Skype all in one package?" »

The convenience of a mobile with the simplicity of free calling.

Great news, a new version of Skype for Pocket PC is now available, which you can download from here or before you do that, why not find out a little more about the cool new features and some great ways to get the most out of Skype on a Pocket PC.

Continue reading "Skype for Pocket PC 2.1 Beta" »

Members of the Skype Mobile team will be at CTIA Wireless next week and we'd love to hear from companies and individuals who would like to work with us in bringing Skype to the global mobile community.

Please email us on ctia2006@skype.net with a brief explanation of who you are and what you can do to help us to delight and grow our global community of over 75 million users.

I'll be at the Symbian Partner Update event on Monday and courtesy of our friends at Brightpoint, we'll be at the Mirage on Thursday night and at other times we'll be roaming the halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center...

Have a great CTIA,

Tony

Mobile access to Skype, coming to a city near you..

Following our global announcement with hutchison 3 Group at 3GSM in Barcelona, Skype is launching a joint marketing campaign with 3 UK enabling 3 customers to access Skype internet communications services through 3's datacard. The bundle consist of a datacard, data subscription and Skype starter pack. The starter pack includes the Skype software, a Skype headset and a SkypeOut voucher.

With over 88% population coverage for 3G services, the Skype datacard bundle offers 3 customers access to Skype via a laptop in more places in the UK than any other network.

http://www.three.co.uk/handsets/datacardOverview.omp

Access to Skype on the move has never been easier.

Stay tuned...

I just wanted to quickly share some of the exciting new Pocket PC devices I've seen at CeBIT. The great news for Skype users looking to go mobile is that more and more Pocket PC devices capable of running Skype are becoming available and devices are becoming smaller and with new features being added such as QWERTY keyboards, GPS etc.

Continue reading "Live from CeBIT" »

Skype is breaking new ground in making unlimited high-quality Internet communications available anywhere, anytime through global partnerships with leading mobile operators and device makers, and new versions of its software for mobile devices.

With Skype in their pockets, people will be able to keep in touch with friends, family and colleagues wherever they go – at home, at work or on the move. There will be no need for a PC in order to be part of the global Skype community.

In addition to mobile Internet calling, Skype on mobile devices will enable people to chat with their contacts around the world using Skype Instant Messaging (IM), and share their availability through ‘Skype presence’. Contacts will be automatically synchronized between the mobile device and the PC.

2005 was the year Skype brought Internet communications to more than 75 million registered PC users: 2006 is set to be the year Skype goes mobile.

Continue reading "Skype Goes Mobile: unlimited communications, Anywhere, Anytime" »