Skype launches native S60 app

At long last, Skype has launched a native S60 version of it’s VoIP and IM app.

Oddly, the VoIP bit isn’t quite as you might expect. Unlike the purely Internet-based communication of the desktop Skype client, the S60 client calls a local rate number to initiate the call.

So, er, not VoIP at all then?

Quite why this is the case is a bit of a mystery – Fring has been offering native S60 Skype access via the internet for some time now and you have to wonder who is going to plump for the much less featureful official effort when there is a much more mature alternative on offer.

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