So far the only Skype solutions I have tried require that simultaneously you have to run your laptop / PC to enable your Nokia e61 connecting to the Skype servers. Obviously not a very attractive service. Already some time ago I went over to fring.com and concluded (without trying) that their solution had the same problem. This time I actually tried it as with version v3.0 fring claims it provides (other) VoIP services being integrated in their solution.

Installing fring was a nice and unique experience. Really thought through. You have to provide your mobile pone number wherever you live and fring will provide you with a download link. Keep your fring internet site running as you are taken step by step through installation as the site keeps track of where you are in the installation process. This is the way I guess it should always be done.

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As mentioned before one of the first things I started doing after becoming a new proud owner of a Nokia e61, was looking for an application which would allow me to use Skype on my mobile (not only chatting but also making phone calls). Clearly Skype did not develop a solution for the Symbian platform yet. The only applications I found available were kind of hybrid solutions, eg using a combination of client and desktop software with the desktop software “hacking into Skype”, moreover, with most of these solutions still a decent phone call could not be made.

Only in a later stage I realized that Nokia decided already to make the e61 VoIP (“Voice over Internet Protocol”) enabled. Wow, great news, but no clue on how to set it up. That brings me to this post as (based upon several emails I received) for a lot of Nokia e61 enthusiasts it is still unclear on how it works, and especially on how to set the “thing” up.

And … “I can understand why”. I do believe that Nokia’s target for the design team must have been : “make VoIP as difficult as possible to set-up, then at least we can explain to Vodafone they do not have to worry”. BTW. Vodafone or any other of the big operators should be worried.

Ok here it goes …

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