Official Skype Beta Mobile Java J2ME client for Nokia

Skype has released an official beta version of their mobile client for Java J2ME mobile devices such as Nokia S60, Sony Ericsson UIQ, Motorola & Samsung. The application uses an Internet data connection for status, contact information and Skype chat (instant messaging). However, when you initiate a phone call (Skype Out) the application makes a voice call to a local server which then routes your call over the Internet (transfers calls from the PSTN network to the IP network). Similarly incoming calls (Skype In) are routed to your mobile phone over the PSTN network.

Key features of Skype for Java Mobiles include:

+ The software has three columns: Contacts, Chats, Events.+ It offers search as you type functionality (incremental search)+ If the application is running in the background, incoming chat messages are alerted by an audio signal.+ You can add multiple contacts to an IM chat session and set the active chat topic

In this beta version, anyone can receive calls, instant message and see who’s online. If you want to call phones, mobiles, or any of your Skype contacts, this is limited to people in Brazil, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Poland, Sweden and UK. Also, as described earlier, this isn’t a Voip application since calls are routed through your operator’s PSTN network, resulting in local call charges.
Visit www.skype.com/m from your mobile phone browser to download and install Skype for Java.

Soon for the E61 I am still using Fring