144 responses so far ↓

• 1 Swiss_Mouse // Nov 15, 2007 at 4:00 am

  The Swiss_Mouse wants a solar power phone!
  That way he can just set it out or on his dash instead of plugging it in all the time.

• 2 Sam // Nov 15, 2007 at 12:12 pm

  Hey Dean,

  This is a really nicely written review of the 3 Skypephone, I’ve covered your articleon the 3mobilebuzz website this morning, you can see it here – http://www.3mobilebuzz.com/2007/11/15/technicalitch-and-the-3-skypephone/

  Also enjoyed the slightly eccentric comments of the Swiss_mouse.

  Thanks,

  Sam.

• 3 Pshtaku // Nov 20, 2007 at 8:29 pm

  @swiss_mouse

  why don’t you get a powermonkey eco charger? you can get it from amazon or ecohamster, and it comes with a solar panel charger…

• 4 Oliver Treend // Nov 30, 2007 at 10:53 pm

  Hey
  I love this review – it says things how they are!
  I am really interested in getting this phone, but I just have one question to ask: does this phone have Bluetooth?
  Thanks, Ollie

• 5 Dean // Dec 1, 2007 at 8:19 am

  Hi Oliver – I forgot to mention that in the review. Yes it does have Bluetooth.

• 6 maps // Dec 2, 2007 at 2:56 am

  Correction, Google maps is not supported on this phone!

• 7 Bouncer // Dec 2, 2007 at 8:57 am

  There are several great things with this phone, Multi function key to switch between applications, Google maps is not supported yet, along with a lot of games, I did notice that the phone is not suppose to support skype conferencing, Although if the host calls you (Incoming call with there name) you can do a conference which makes calling people so much easier, I did notice that if I reject someone trying to send me something over blue tooth I can’t seem to receive anything from them ever again.

• 8 maps // Dec 2, 2007 at 2:21 pm

  in fact, after re-installing google maps a couple of times it worked, but you cant intall it from the 3 site. does anyone know how to customize the launcher menu?

• 9 Bouncer // Dec 2, 2007 at 7:39 pm

  Maps, Do you have a link to download them on the PC and move to phone, without doing it though the phone?

• 10 maps // Dec 2, 2007 at 11:23 pm

  just go to http://www.google.com/gmm on the phone browser and it’ll ask you to download the app

• 11 Bouncer // Dec 3, 2007 at 9:55 am

  I don’t have credit so it want me to get a internet addon or something, but I got round it the network was down so no skype, which measn free internet.

• 12 Tony // Dec 11, 2007 at 12:52 pm

  How many entries can you get into the calender. Ive put about a months worth of appointments, mayve about 20, and its saying the memory is full. Can this be so?

• 13 Dean // Dec 11, 2007 at 10:10 pm

  I’ve stored many appointments in the calendar, some of them occur on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. I haven’t seen any problems with the memory full.

  Is it possible something else is taking up the memory, such as videos, photos or songs?

• 14 Tony // Dec 11, 2007 at 11:50 pm

  Hi Dean,

  Me and the girlfriend each have brand new SkypePhones and we can only get 20 items in the calender. When we try to add the 21st it says that the calender is full.

  I have tried entering a 21st item in the PC program that comes with the phone, but when I try and sync it back to the phone, it too also only sends 20.

  I dont think that the memory of full, I have one song loaded and about half a dozen pics.

  Is there a way of telling the calender to store its info on the Memory Card we have?

  Its a real pain.

  Any ideas?

  thanks

  Tony

• 15 Dean // Dec 12, 2007 at 4:54 pm

  Tony – I get the same problem. When I enter the 21st item it says ‘Calendar full. Save failed’.

  Not sure what the problem is because there is plenty of free memory on the phone. It must be a fault with the calendar. I agree it’s a pain. I guess the calendar feature was never tested out properly before these phones were released.

  I would report the problem to 3 and see what they say. I would be interested to hear what they say.

• 16 Tony // Dec 12, 2007 at 6:31 pm

  My girlfriend has a little more patience than me, she contacted Three and they confirmed that the “calender” only allows 20 entries – so dont spend your time trying to work out trying to squeeze any more in.

  I’m going to have a look on the Internet for downloadable Java one for this phone.

  If I find anything I’ll post the info here

  Tony

• 17 davey c // Dec 24, 2007 at 3:17 pm

  Does this skype phone mean if i just chat to the missus via the skype button all it will cost us every month is just £20?

• 18 Tony // Dec 24, 2007 at 7:07 pm

  Just £20 quid yes. Thats the minimum £10 each pay as you go isnt it? For £12 quid (and an 18 month contract) you get 100 free text/mins for anywhere and 300 3to3 minutes – which isnt bad.

  Watch the charging though, they make it far far to easy to purchase stuff, our kids played with the phone, and without any problems a six year old had spent 10 quid on games. Its almost a con how easy it is to buy stuff, they dont warn you well enough (Im sure theres some small print), but in real life use, its too easy

• 19 Dean // Dec 24, 2007 at 7:14 pm

  Davey – calls via the skype button are free to other skype users.

  In order to make free calls, your missus must also be using skype, either on another skypephone, or using skype on a computer.

  If you need any help with setting up the phone then let me know.

  The only costs you will incur, assuming you’ve got the phones on contract, will be the monthly rental charges.

  Calls to non skype users and text messages are charged at the usual rates.

• 20 Bouncer // Dec 24, 2007 at 11:58 pm

  Discovered something I don’t like much, I get like a 3 second message tone, I liek a very long message, as the girlfreind sends me a message in the morning to wake me up and 3 seconds is rubbish

• 21 Liam Bennett // Jan 4, 2008 at 8:03 am

  I am considering purchasing one of these, could someone please tell me….Could I make free skype calls to my relatives computer in South Africa, it would be much easier to speak to them whenever I want to instead of going on my computer.
  It sounds a bit too good to be true?

  Liam Bennett

• 22 Dean // Jan 4, 2008 at 8:56 am

  Yes, you can call any of your Skype contacts wherever they are in the world for free!

• 23 Liam Bennett // Jan 6, 2008 at 9:00 am

  Thank you Dean,

  I cannot help feeling cynical? 3 do not seem as keen to rob you as other mobile companies……or am I missing something? Would it also work with video?

• 24 Dean // Jan 6, 2008 at 7:18 pm

  You can only make Skype voice calls as far as I am aware, not video.

  I’m sure 3 will make money on these phones. You still have to pay for regular calls to landlines and mobiles and for text messages, it is only the Skype to Skype calls/texts that are free.

  I guess it is a good way for 3 to increase their customer base too by tapping into the huge Skype community out there.

• 25 Mr_LeE // Jan 7, 2008 at 4:36 pm

  thanks for the review.

  Might go buy one now.

  Will the skype phone allow 3rd party apps?

  i love putting on homebrew appz

• 26 Dean // Jan 7, 2008 at 7:20 pm

  Yes it does support 3rd party apps. For example I’ve downloaded the Google Mail client to the Skypephone. Great little phone

• 27 jane // Jan 16, 2008 at 9:18 pm

  Hi, Just got one of these and it won’t charge whilst it is switched on, do I just have a dud or is it the same for all of them?

• 28 Dean // Jan 17, 2008 at 8:25 am

  It sounds like you have a dud charger. Mine charges fine with the phone switched on.

• 29 Jake // Jan 20, 2008 at 8:11 pm

  Thanks for the review! I have got a question, I could so far not answer by browsing through the www: I frequently travel to other countries; so I use different sim cards – is there a sim-lock on the mobile, respectively is it possible to unlock it? I know skype won’t work when not using a 3-simcard, but that doesn’t matter (I just need a regular phone abroad and I am totaly hooked on to that skype feature!). + even more complicated: will the phone work when using a GSM-net? Cheers!

• 30 Dean // Jan 21, 2008 at 6:57 pm

  Hi Jake,
  I can’t give you a definite answer on the unlocking. Browsing the 3G Forum it seems possible, although I’ve read that some applications don’t work once unlocked. Might be worth you posting your question there.

  Drop us a note if you manage it!

• 31 ingrid // Jan 24, 2008 at 10:41 pm

  Hi, I just bought the skypephone and love it!! Am travelling at the moment and forgot to take my cd with me – do you know where I could download the pc sync software? I

• 32 Dean // Jan 25, 2008 at 8:46 am

  Hi Ingrid,

  Try the following link:
  Skypephone PC Sync Software

• 33 Sam // Feb 5, 2008 at 12:04 pm

  Hi, is it possible to buy two Skype phones and then give one to someone in a non-3 network country and make free Skype calls?

• 34 Dean // Feb 5, 2008 at 7:11 pm

  You need to have a 3 network in whatever country you intend to use the Skypephone.

  The only way to make free Skype calls would be for the person in a non-3 network country to use Skype on a computer, whilst you use the Skypephone here in the UK.

• 35 Lee // Feb 19, 2008 at 3:40 am

  Has anyone managed to get google maps to work correctly? I installed and reintalled a number of times but each time it installs but the search and menu buttons do not work.

• 36 Dean // Feb 19, 2008 at 12:56 pm

  I get the same problem. The search and menu buttons get ignored when you press them.

  Look at comment 6 above who says that Google Maps is not supported on this phone.

• 37 Dot // Mar 2, 2008 at 11:09 pm

  When I got my phone, it said it could take up to 24 hours after my account was activated for Skype to work. I’m going on the third day and it still won’t sign into Skype–anyone have a similar problem?

• 38 Dean // Mar 3, 2008 at 7:26 pm

  Hi Dot,
  Have you tried signing into Skype on a PC? This can help narrow down where the problem is.

  If you can sign into Skype on a PC then the problem lies with the phone. If you can’t sign into Skype on a PC either then it sounds like a problem with your Skype account.

• 39 andrew // Mar 18, 2008 at 6:52 am

  my girlfriend lives in bahrain, if i am in the uk and we have a skype phone each, can we chat for free?
  do we have to pay 20 pounds a month for something?
  do we just need 2G coverage?
  is 2g just normal mobile reception?
  do we need ’3′ coverage in Bahrain or any network will do?
  thanks Andrew

• 40 Dean // Mar 18, 2008 at 8:22 am

  Hi Andrew,
  I think you need ’3′ coverage in both countries in order to chat for free on the skypephone. One alternative is for your girlfriend to use Skype on a PC whilst you use the skypephone in the UK, you can then chat for free.

  Regarding your other questions. You need to top-up the phone a minimum of £10 each month to keep the Skype service active on your phone. It will work on both 2G and 3G. 2G is just normal mobile reception.

• 41 dave c // Mar 31, 2008 at 9:07 am

  thanks for this review tells me much more than the 3 website will buy one now thanks again

• 42 andrew // Apr 1, 2008 at 4:08 am

  just got this back from skype if its of interest to anyone
  Hello Andrew,

  Thank you for contacting Skype Support.

  Unfortunately, SkypeOut calls are not yet available with 3 Skypephone which only supports Skype to Skype calls and instant messaging.

  Receiving calls using your SkypeIn number is not supported in most countries, however, it is dependent on the local 3 provider. Please visit the 3 website (http://www.three.com/) in your country for more details.

  We apologise for any inconvenience.

  Best regards,

  Benjamin – Skype Support

  Visit http://www.skype.com for latest news, updates and tips

• 43 andrew // Apr 1, 2008 at 4:10 am

  also got this
  Hello,

  For details on calling abroad please follow the below link.
  http://www.three.co.uk/personal/coverage_/calling_abroad_/index.omp

  If you take out a contract and make a call to a landline number in Bahrain you will be charged 90p per minute and on Pay as you go it will be £1 per minute.

  If you have any further sales queries, please log onto web chat and we’ll be happy to help.

  Regards,
  Minaz Momin
  3 live Support

• 44 Joyce // Apr 7, 2008 at 6:59 pm

  Hey, Great Review!

  A question.

  I’m not sure if you have answered this question already but with Skype, can you call to countries like America and Canada? I know Skype-To-Skype calls work in Hong Kong. But How about America, Canada and countries in Europe like France and Germany?

  Thank You!

• 45 Dean // Apr 7, 2008 at 10:10 pm

  Hi Joyce,
  You can call another Skype user anywhere in the world.

• 46 Adam // Apr 8, 2008 at 5:21 pm

  Hi There

  great review and excellent comments thus far.

  I am considering buying one of these phones on contract with three. Is there a cost for web browsing, or using msn messenger? I can’t find the info on the three website. Might just be me being a bit dim!

  Cheers

  adam

• 47 Dean // Apr 8, 2008 at 7:15 pm

  Hi Adam,
  I think this works like any other mobile phone and normal web browsing costs apply. You would need to buy an add-on from 3 which gives you a fixed amount of internet access bandwidth per month.

  If you go to the 3 web site look for the Products and Services link at the top. Click that link and select the Add-ons link. There are a choice of two add-ons: Internet 10 and Internet Max.

  Also, don’t forget that you need to top up a minimum of £10 per month to keep the Skype service active on the skypephone.

• 48 Dean // Apr 8, 2008 at 7:19 pm

  My last comment about topping up £10 a month only applies to PAYG, not contract.

• 49 Tomas // Apr 24, 2008 at 1:42 am

  Hi everyone, in the review and the comments above i miss one thing: what do you thing about loudspeaker quality when playing music? I find that if i turn volume up above two bars the sound quality becomes very disorted. My question would be: is this on all phones or is it just mine?
  Thanks!

• 50 Dean // Apr 24, 2008 at 8:13 am

  I find the loudspeaker fine on 3 bars, 4 bars is acceptable but not perfect. It only starts to become a bit distorted on five bars.

• 51 Chris // Apr 25, 2008 at 10:51 am

  Hey all, does PCSync and this phone work with Windows 64-bit? I’ve looked everywhere and cannot find an answer to the question.

  The phone simply doesn’t connect, and when I use the add new hardware wizard, and select the Drivers folder, it says it cannot perform task etc etc but not sure if I even have to do any of this or if it simply isn’t supported (or I’m doing it incorrectly?) Thanks.

• 52 Dean // Apr 25, 2008 at 5:24 pm

  Don’t know the answer to your question Chris, but typically 64 bit support for applications is less common than 32 bit.

• 53 Terry // May 9, 2008 at 3:17 pm

  Having all sorts of problems with this phone. Constantly removes all information from the phone and tells me that there is no memory when the phone is entirely empty. As a result I cannot send or recieve text messages… the £39.99 price is a classic case of “you get what you pay for.” ie a piece of rubbish!

• 54 charlotte // May 10, 2008 at 9:22 pm

  Hi, im not sure if this question has been asked before, but I am considering getting the skype phone, but my only concern is about calls abroad. If I take my skypefone to France for example, can I then make calls to other people that are in England ? As in I know you can call from uk to anywhere, but is that the same if you are abroad?

• 55 Dean // May 20, 2008 at 9:13 am

  Charlotte,
  You would need to be in a country where there is 3 coverage. I don’t think you would be able to use your skypephone in France to make calls back to the UK.

• 56 jason // May 23, 2008 at 5:53 pm

  Hi, im not sure if this question has been asked before, but I am thinking of getting the skype phone on 3 pay as you go.

  the question is when you buy a £10 top if you do not use all of the credit in the month do you lose it

  thanks

• 57 Dean // May 23, 2008 at 6:50 pm

  I don’t think you lose the credit. It works like a regular PAYG phone and the credit rolls over. I haven’t topped my phone up for a couple of months and can still make normal phone calls OK.

• 58 David // May 25, 2008 at 8:38 am

  Can I use my monthly 3 contract sim in this PAYG phone? I have the Nokia Blackberry type phone, and I would like to use this smaller phone for everyday use. Basically swapping sims, I still have 10 months to run on contract and this would be an easy way fro me to upgrade to a smaller phone.
  Thanks

• 59 Dean // May 25, 2008 at 6:36 pm

  David,
  Swapping sims sounds feasible to me although I can’t be 100% certain. I tried putting my O2 sim card in my skyephone as an experiment and it didn’t work, but that is probably because my skyephone is locked to the 3 network.

• 60 Steve // May 25, 2008 at 8:34 pm

  Hi – just got a new 3 Skypephone on a contract and most things seem well. However the battery runs out after 2 days even when on stand-by….its an issue I have not seen on this site. Think it should last over one week. Do I have a dud battery?

  One thing I think might be happening is at home I live in an area of poor reception for all networks – is my phone constantly trying to connect and running down the battery. (But other mobiles in our house have batteries that last for the expected time before needing re-charging.)
  If so can I change a setting?

  Also I have a lot of contacts – but T9 does not seem to work to quickly locate them. Any ideas.

• 61 Dean // May 25, 2008 at 10:17 pm

  Steve,
  I’ll fully charge up my skypephone and see how long the battery lasts on standby. I’ll post back the results once the battery drains.

  The battery could be draining due to poor reception. You mention other mobiles in your house are OK. Do any of them use the 3 network?

• 62 Liam // May 27, 2008 at 9:59 am

  Hey,
  I was just wondering if the 3 Skypephone has Bluetooth

• 63 Dean // May 27, 2008 at 12:43 pm

  Yes the skypephone has bluetooth.

• 64 Dean // Jun 1, 2008 at 1:25 pm

  Steve,
  Here is an update on the battery life of my skypehone. It is almost a week since I charged it up and there is still some power left in the battery, so I would say mine lasts about a week before I have to recharge it.

• 65 Steve Lowe // Jun 1, 2008 at 10:43 pm

  Thanks Dean – I switched off the Skype facility at the weekend and I’m still only getting 2 days battery life. Other family members are on the 3 network with Sony Ericsson phones and getting a week . So even though our reception is poor at home, it looks like a faulty battery unless any other possible reasons.

• 66 gareth g // Jun 8, 2008 at 7:58 pm

  I bought one 2 weeks ago, and for me too, I only get 2-2.5 days of standby. I only use the phone for probably 15mins each day.
  I called customer services and was told straight away that the advertised 320 hours in only for optimal conditions, ie. bulls**t, otherwise known as false advertising.
  The operator told my I should expect 2 to 2.5 days of usage, which is ridiculously poor, and makes me angry.
  I am glad to see that Dean is getting a full week, as this gives me hope that something can be done.
  Can other people report their approximate standby times too, please.
  Either 3 are being grossly dishonest about battery life, or some of us have been given sub-standard batteries.

• 67 Steve Lowe // Jun 8, 2008 at 11:20 pm

  Hi Gareth – I got a couple of phones on contract from 3 – skypephone and sony ericcson. they both have very much reduced battery lifes. Meanwhile my colleague at work has a skypephone and his battery life is reasonable.

  I believe it is because my reception at home is poor. Therefore the phone is working constantly at trying to connect – and so the battery gets used up more quickly.

  Do you suffer poor reception too?

• 68 guy rogers // Jun 9, 2008 at 9:29 pm

  i have bought the skype phone – useful in all sorts of ways- but one thing lacking is a good selection of languages.
  id love to skype chat using russian- but of course the phone only has french english etc- no russian and no polish.
  no one i know is able to unlock the phone certainly do something like flash some new languages- any ideas any one?

• 69 gareth g // Jun 10, 2008 at 6:48 pm

  Hello Steve
  Thanks for your comments.
  It is hard to say about the quality of my reception, as I have been moving around a lot since I bought it.
  But it may well be at least part of the reason.

• 70 Cliff // Jun 24, 2008 at 4:20 pm

  Love the phone but am having trouble copying contacts from old phone. I have an old unlocked V3 and normally just insert a sim and copy contacts to it. problem is when i insert the 3 sim it comes up invalid sim … any ideas ?? I have 200 contacts and down’t fancy manually sending them one by one via bluetooth … thanks

• 71 Dean // Jun 24, 2008 at 5:44 pm

  Is there any option to mark multiple contacts and then bluetooth them all in one go. I’ve got that feature on my Sony Ericsson but not sure about your phone.

• 72 Cliff // Jun 25, 2008 at 3:40 pm

  No there wasn’t .. I sorted it now thanks ! I loaded my motorola suite on pc and copied the contacts to outlook then sent them to the skype phone from the skype phone suite ! thanks though !

• 73 terpitz // Jun 29, 2008 at 5:58 pm

  Lets say if I don’t pay this 10 pound monthly rent. Would I still be able to make the skype to skype calls for free? I just want to buy this phone to make the skype to skype free calls, that’s all.

  And what if, I don’t want to pay the 10 pound rent for a couple a months and then pay on the third month. Do I have to pay 10 pound rent for the last two months too or just for the current month in which I am intending to use the phone?

  Also tell me, if any of these websites willing to shop the skype phone to Pakistan because that’s where I am from but I would be going to the UK soon but I want to have the phone with me in Pakistan right now.

• 74 terpitz // Jun 29, 2008 at 6:03 pm

  I mean ship not shop lol

• 75 Dean // Jun 29, 2008 at 6:49 pm

  You need to top up the phone £10 per month to make the free Skype calls.

  If you didn’t want to pay £10 each month for a couple of months you can do that, but you won’t be able to make any free Skype calls during that time.

  When you’re ready to make free Skype calls again just top up the phone a minimum of £10. In your example you wouldn’t need to pay for the last two months, just the current month you intend to use the phone.

  You may be able to find a supplier who will ship the phone to you, but there is not a 3 network available in Pakistan as far as I know, so you won’t be able to make free Skype calls until you go to the UK.

• 76 terpitz // Jun 29, 2008 at 7:47 pm

  Ok, thanks. Here’s the thing:

  If I top up 10 pounds and ONLY make free skype calls, would I still have the 10 pounds in my balance to make any future REGULAR calls at the start of the NEW month?

  And if I didn’t pay the 10 dollars next month, would my previous balance vanish or would it just stay there?

  P.S. 1o pounds is just a top up amount, it will remain in the balance, whether I pay the next month’s top up amount or not. It will ALWAYS stay there unless I make some REGULAR calls. Is that right?

• 77 terpitz // Jun 29, 2008 at 7:49 pm

  And is it possible to join Skype rooms aka Skype casts through this phone to socialize with new people and make our own rooms to talk about certain topics?

• 78 Dean // Jun 30, 2008 at 9:19 am

  The £10 would stay on your balance until you start making regular phone calls. Your balance would not vanish at the start of a new month.

  I don’t know the answer to your other question.

• 79 Terpitz // Jun 30, 2008 at 3:28 pm

  If you have the phone, please try joining a cast and see if you could join a skype chat room or not.

  And tell me, how much does it usually cost in a month if I buy a regular vodafone sim card for my regular cell phone?

• 80 Terpitz // Jun 30, 2008 at 3:35 pm

  You said:

  If you didn’t want to pay £10 each month for a couple of months you can do that, but you won’t be able to make any free Skype calls during that time.

  Lets say I have balance in my phone but I didn’t pay the 10 pounds for the new month. Would I still be able to make REGULAR calls with my phones?

  So it’s like ONLY the SKYPE TO SKYPE free service would be off, the rest would be all good, right?

  And can I pay these 10 pounds from the remaining the balance of my phone every new month?

• 81 Terpitz // Jun 30, 2008 at 3:38 pm

  I meant remaining balance* typo

• 82 debra // Jun 30, 2008 at 10:13 pm

  i have a normal 3 300 minutes talk and text contract and would like to know if anybody has managed to use their existing contract sim in one of these phones,i am not interested in the skype etc but just want to use as a spare handset for my contract sim

• 83 Dean // Jul 1, 2008 at 3:55 pm

  Debra,
  I think your best bet is to visit a 3 shop and ask if you can try out a skypephone with your sim card before you buy.

• 84 Terpitz // Jul 1, 2008 at 6:34 pm

  Please reply to my query too. Thanks!

• 85 Dean // Jul 1, 2008 at 6:38 pm

  Terpitz,

  Answers below.

  Lets say I have balance in my phone but I didn’t pay the 10 pounds for the new month. Would I still be able to make REGULAR calls with my phones?
  YES

  So it’s like ONLY the SKYPE TO SKYPE free service would be off, the rest would be all good, right?
  YES

  And can I pay these 10 pounds from the remaining the balance of my phone every new month?
  Not sure what you mean. Please rephrase your question.

• 86 Terpitz // Jul 1, 2008 at 6:41 pm

  And can I pay these 10 pounds from the remaining the balance of my phone every new month?

  I meant remaining balance, that was a typo.

• 87 Dean // Jul 1, 2008 at 6:52 pm

  The answer is No.

• 88 Tony // Jul 3, 2008 at 2:27 pm

  Dean,

  This thread is still very interesteing – and I never found an alternative calender that we were discussing before.

  Anyhow I have a huge problem with the phone, well will google maps and googlemail downloaded apps.

  I had both on and they worked great. For about 6 months. Then something crashed on the phone and none of the downloaded apps would run. I uninstalled them, no problem then went to the google site to download gmm and gmail.

  Beofre the web site used to warn that the apps weren’t supported on this phone, and if I downloaded them they worked great.

  Now the google site says that they wont run on the phone and they dont let you try. the google help screen say they wont run on BREW… although we all know they do.

  But I cant get at the old JAR file to download. Ive spent ages and I did find one version – but the buttons were reversed and didnt work properly.

  Sop my question is does anyone know where the old (6 months ago) links are for these two apps?

  Or — and this is my long shot. The apps are on the girlfriends skypephone, can I get them off hers and install them on mine? ( I’m hoping I can find a lik to the old one)

  I have tried installing it through Opera Mini – although this seems to present itself as a proper browser to google so you dont get the mobile links and through the built in browser… but no joy. Any idea the url to get GMail (and GMM but thats not so important)

  Thanks

  Tony

• 89 Dean // Jul 3, 2008 at 5:31 pm

  Which version of the JAR files do you need?

  My phone has Google Mail 1.5.0 and Google Maps 2.1.0. I’ve got JAR files for these versions if you want to try them.

• 90 Tony // Jul 3, 2008 at 6:03 pm

  Hi,

  Thats kind. Any version that works to be honest, I dont know what versions I had but if they work on yours I hope they’d work on mine? I can try.

  Do you have the JAR on a server somewhere I can pull them from?

  Thanks

  Tony

• 91 Terpitz // Jul 4, 2008 at 12:40 am

  I am planning to buy the Nokia n810 internet tablet and the skype phone as well. I would like to know if I would be able install ALL KINDS of windwows’ softwares on both these phones.

  I think Nokia’s n810 internet tablet has LINUX as OS. Would it work just like regular windows and would I be able install all the softwares I want?

  P.S. I know my query this time is a bit non related but I would appreciate, if you could answer them both.

• 92 SS // Jul 23, 2008 at 8:19 pm

  I am planning to buy HTC TyTN II

  I would just like to know whether I would be able to use SKYPE on 3G without even being in a WiFi hot spot?

  And which sim card should I buy to be online on SKYPE for free without even using Wifi for it?

  HTC TYtN connectivity features:

  Connectivity GPRS: Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots) 32 – 48 kbps, EDGE: Class 10 236.8 kbps, 3G: HSDPA 3.6 Mbps, WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth: v2.0, USB: v2.1

  http://www.mobilezone.com.pk/mobiles/Preview.asp?id=8998

• 93 Dean // Jul 23, 2008 at 10:04 pm

  SS,
  Skype over 3G requires you to buy a skypephone. It’s possible you could take the sim card out of the skyephone and use it in another phone, but I don’t know if it will work.

• 94 SS // Jul 24, 2008 at 7:30 am

  Then how can I connect SKYPE through 3G? Man, this blows. If my Phone HTC TYtN II has 3G then it should allow me to connect to Skype through the 3G network.

  There got to be a sim which could catch their 3G network connection for Skype.

  You said:

  It’s possible you could take the sim card out of the skyephone and use it in another phone, but I don’t know if it will work.

  Please confirm this to me that whether it would or not.

  Thanks!

  And by the way, can I buy this Skype sim separately?

• 95 Dean // Jul 24, 2008 at 8:15 am

  I had a look on the Skype website and it says you can download Skype onto a mobile phone, but it doesn’t mention the phone you’re interested in buying.

  The link is here:
  http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/download/skype/mobile/

  I don’t think transferring a 3 sim card is an option so I would ignore what I suggested yesterday.

  Sorry I can’t be of more help.

• 96 SS // Jul 24, 2008 at 8:40 am

  I know that Skype works just fine on this phone via WiFi. But I want to use it through 3G.

  Is there a way I could ask a Skype official about this?

• 97 Dean // Jul 24, 2008 at 8:44 am

  Try looking here:
  http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/help/

  There is a forum too where someone may be able to help.

• 98 SS // Jul 24, 2008 at 9:31 am

  Thanks but that link didn’t help much. I wish there was way to contact some Skype officials through email or something.

• 99 J // Aug 4, 2008 at 4:17 pm

  Sorry if this has been asked before – if I get 2 skypephones on contract and give one to a friend in Ireland, can we call each other for free (via skype obviously) at any time?

• 100 Dean // Aug 4, 2008 at 5:15 pm

  Free Skype calls to/from Ireland should work fine from what I’ve read on other forums.

• 101 Rakim // Aug 9, 2008 at 3:35 pm

  hiya, couldn’t see if this had been asked already,

  I already have a 3 sim on pay monthly so if i bought skypephone on payg, could i still make free skype calls using my pay monthly sim in the skypephone and ditching the payg sim?

• 102 Dean // Aug 9, 2008 at 4:23 pm

  Rakim,
  I don’t know for certain, but it sounds feasible to use your pay monthly sim in the skypephone.

• 103 tony // Aug 9, 2008 at 8:27 pm

  ss… it doesnt work via WiFi – your mislead there. Its just 3G

• 104 Amanda // Sep 10, 2008 at 6:50 pm

  Ok I live in germany currently, i will be going back to Australia and then moving to the united states in a few months. What kind of costs are there for me if i bought a skypephone from the UK and then was using it in Australia? is there a network to use it in america and can i then use my UK skypephone from there and make skype calls? WOuld there be just obscene costs involved or would it just not work?

• 105 Dean // Sep 10, 2008 at 10:01 pm

  You can only use the free skypephone minutes in a country that supports the 3 network, that includes Australia but not USA. Outside the 3 network you wouldn’t be able to make Skype calls. You could still make “normal” phone calls like any regular cell phone, but not sure what the costs are.

• 106 Ralph // Sep 13, 2008 at 1:57 pm

  Hi,
  Is that possible to use an open wifi networks to make a free skype calls? Then it would be possible to use this phone to make a free calls even if somebody is abroad.
  Thx

• 107 Dean // Sep 13, 2008 at 7:10 pm

  Ralph,
  You can only use the free Skype calls over a 3G network.

• 108 grahamL // Sep 15, 2008 at 9:11 am

  Hi,
  following Tony’s thread, has anyone been able to download a java calendar or task/to-do list for this phone? It’s the one thing I use a lot on my Nokia and stops me buying the skypephone. Has anyone used an S2 yet, and does it have a good task list? thanks

• 109 Ralph // Sep 29, 2008 at 1:35 pm

  Thx Dean.
  So, to use this phone i simply am forced to pay 3 L10/mth. Otherwise I cant use this phone at all, even on my wifi network at home.
  Am i right?
  Is that the same with skypephone s2?

• 110 Dean // Sep 29, 2008 at 8:06 pm

  Hi Ralph,
  I think that’s the case yes. I would imagine it is the same with the skyephone s2 too.

• 111 Dean // Sep 29, 2008 at 8:47 pm

  Some interesting news today. 3 will be soon be allowing Skyephone users on a 3 contract to make Skype out calls to landlines and mobiles. This takes effect in October.

  Further details here.

• 112 deano // Oct 5, 2008 at 9:13 pm

  hi there
  can the 3 skypephone be unlocked on 2 any other network?
  do u have 2 pay too go on msn on the phone, some people i know says that msn is free on 3 network but im not 2 sure bout this phone?
  thnx if u can help me

• 113 Dean // Oct 6, 2008 at 9:18 am

  You can unlock the 3 skypephone, but once you start using it on another network then Skype will no longer work.

  I found this on the 3 Skypephone forum:

  “Once you change to non 3 USIM, even if it is a 3 USIM from another country, Skype cannot work as the application uses a preset connection address for the country specific Skype ‘gateway’ server… These settings form part of the signed application suite for Skype and any attempt to mess with them will stop the Skype application working full stop.

  Other applications which require a data connection, such as browsing and MMS, also use the preset default data and service specific connection settings and these would need to be changed before a different network USIM will work. The default data settings are set within the handset personalisation which can only be changed if the handset is factory unlocked, completely different from the above mentioned ‘USIM lock’. “

• 114 Ian Smith // Oct 17, 2008 at 1:38 am

  Thinking of buying a Skype S2 dont its a real no no its useless on3 as thier network contstantly goes up &down like a yo yo see it in tesco £35 & you already have 4 or 8Gig sdhc still dont touch it it has no Tflash player so cant use the iPlayer cant read DPF files looks like it has google maps select your mob does not support this application this mob does not like large mem with 4Gig takes just over a minute to open a folder then a minute to bring up a picture amend the picture tittle have to put it

• 115 Ian Smith // Oct 17, 2008 at 2:42 am

  keeps jumping back to T9 at every oppertunity on tesco fastest speed was 860kbps lowest 460 but dont use very much so could be faster or slower havent lost any conections like you do on 3 bad news is sim came with £35 pound credit thought if I want to put it in it does a master reset so lose all settings oh & they put sdhc slot under the battery how nice to sum up this phone amazing not for not for what it does but what it doesnt its to little to late 2years to late

• 116 Rosie // Oct 17, 2008 at 10:16 am

  Brilliant review, there’s so much info!

  I just brought my skype phone and it is having problems. At least once a day it will turn itself off, usually over night. The battery is still full so I don’t know what it could be.

  Has this happened to anyone else?
  Should I send it back I’ve only had it a week!

• 117 Dean // Oct 19, 2008 at 8:29 am

  Rosie,
  I haven’t seen that problem with my phone. You could try taking the battery out and putting it back in. If that doesn’t help then you could try getting a replacement phone.

• 118 Ian Smith // Oct 23, 2008 at 9:05 pm

  If your thinking of upgrading your moby and want to know if it realy is a real iphone when before buying make sure you get them to demonstrate it can download from the bbc iplaver if it can it has a tflash player installed i was assured that S2 would as had adobe installed it has games player only so make them prove it to you without this installed your moby is just an uprated wap phone as I found to my cost still you live and learn

• 119 tony // Oct 30, 2008 at 8:47 pm

  It does run Google Maps, I have an old version running, when I try to load a new version it says it wont load.

• 120 henry // Oct 31, 2008 at 1:11 pm

  am having a problem on how to get usim lock skpe wp-si ce0678

• 121 Mike // Nov 24, 2008 at 12:27 pm

  Very good review im tempted to buy me and my gf one to save on texts and calls =-)

• 122 Steve Lowe // Nov 30, 2008 at 12:35 pm

  Has anyone unlocked a 3 Skypephone. Can you let me have the unlocking code pls? Thanks

• 123 nextimelah // Dec 9, 2008 at 1:24 am

  Hi guys, I managed to unlock the 3 Skypephone S2 and have written a review about it. take a look…

  http://nextimelah.blogspot.com/2008/12/skypephone-s2-unlocked.html

  thanks!

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• 125 Ali // Jan 11, 2009 at 3:18 pm

  Hey guys just wondering a few things about this skype phone if you are on pay as you go do you need to pay for internet to get windows live messenger also do you think the build quality of the phine is at a sutible standard Cheers Ali

• 126 Dean // Jan 12, 2009 at 6:43 pm

  Any internet usage would incur the normal web browsing charges. Build quality of the phone I think is fine.

• 127 mai lai // Jan 29, 2009 at 3:01 am

  I am very happy with my 3 Skype phone, only £10/3 months top-up on 3 to keep FREE Skype service activited. I am also a slim-handset lover to fit in the pokect nicely. Also it is very greatful that 3 is the first & only provider to bring a piece of useful & adavtage service into people’s lives. These days people are forced to buy A item for A purpose, just because the companies want to make more money by selling more products. Now, any products with all-purpose or all-in-one are more welcome by me.
  About my experience with 3 so far is that I am VERY pleased. Go experience it yourself at a small price.

• 128 Tony Brown // Feb 2, 2009 at 6:34 pm

  Mai Lai,

  You know, thats what I thought when I’d had the pile of poo a few weeks. Wait till you’ve had it 6 months, and the magnet drops off, the screen keeps going, they keep “fixing it” then a few weeks later something else goes. Then event

  ually they blame it on water (mine had never been out in the elements or near water), refuse to fix it and politely tell you to “sod off”.

  I wish you luck, you’ll need it (bet you hve bought a new one in 6 months)

  Eveyone else DONT DO IT

  Tony

• 129 Leebeejeebee // May 14, 2009 at 9:30 pm

  I’ve had a 3 Skype Phone for just over a year now and have had little trouble with it – it did keep resetting itself and dropping off the network but those probs were resolved after a couple of calls to the 3 helpline. It’s now even better ‘cos 3 have removed the requirement to top the phone up to use Skype – it’s now free permanently whether you top up or not.

• 130 Joyee // Jun 10, 2009 at 4:51 pm

  I am going to Hong Kong soon, and i just bought a 3 Skypephone. When i am in Hong Kong, can i call USA with no charge? And can my family call me from USA to Hong Kong with no charge?

• 131 Dean // Jun 10, 2009 at 7:25 pm

  The 3 Skypephone is available in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom. So you should be able to make skype to skype calls in any of those countries to another skype user in the USA.

  SkypeIn should be supported in Hong Kong too.

• 132 savispud // Jul 22, 2009 at 10:41 pm

  Ths Skype functionality is so restricted that it raises the question – Is it in breach of the trade description act. It is so severely restricted that I would strongly advise against buying it of you are a regulat skype user

• 133 Master // Aug 13, 2009 at 8:58 pm

  You can now get spare battery for the 3 skype phone at battery trader, here is the link

  http://www.batterytrader.com/skype-internet-phone-wps1-battery-replacement-p-19611.html

• 134 Jaymike // Aug 15, 2009 at 5:56 pm

  I’m from Philippines. Can I use the 3 skype phone here in the Philippines to call my relatives in UK?

• 135 Dean // Aug 15, 2009 at 8:20 pm

  You would need the 3 network which is not available in the Philippines so I think the answer is no.

• 136 Jayrald // Aug 17, 2009 at 3:18 pm

  Does the Skypephone s2 include a Wifi?

• 137 Dean // Aug 17, 2009 at 5:18 pm

  I don’t have a definite answer to that. A couple of reviews I read said the S2 had wifi, but I’ve read on other forums people saying it doesn’t have wifi.

• 138 Olga // Sep 21, 2009 at 4:26 pm

  Hello, I have got the 3 Skypephone, but see that i cannot read news in Russian language. How can i get Russian in my mobile, if it is possible.
  Thanks.

• 139 Fred // Dec 27, 2009 at 3:01 pm

  Hey, can anyone help?
  Just got a skypephone S2 on payg, unfortunatly my laptop disc drive doesnt work leaving me with no pc-suite.
  All the links point to the Skypephone website but its currently down.
  Is there anywhere else I can download the PC-Suite?

• 140 Troy Lockhart // Jun 9, 2010 at 12:31 pm

  You did so well writting the imformation I need! It was just perfect! I just want to say a huge Thank you !!!

• 141 fathih // Oct 28, 2010 at 3:21 pm

  i have a Skype s2 phone
  if sim card inside phone is restarting continuously
  if dont have sim card phone is working properly
  and showing insert *usim* card
  how can i fix it ????

• 142 kami // May 16, 2011 at 11:32 am

  hello e 1 … i just searching for a skype cheappest mobile fone. Around 25 to 35 £,
  if anyone have or know from where i can get then plz mail mai or call me or text me . my 24 hrs cell no is
  0740 4826981
  .

• 143 qaiser // Aug 17, 2011 at 8:25 pm

  this mobile contains wifi because i want to use this mobile in saudi arabia in my office.can i use skype through wifi signals.i will wait for your response.thanks

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