Comments on: Nokia ditches built-in SIP for S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 (FP2)

By: Stan-O

Stan-O — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:54:46 +0000

It’s a shame really, this is definitely holding me off from upgrades. I currently have a Nokia E51 (my second Nokia after N80IE) and I’m lusting after accelerator, the built-in GPS and the bigger screen, but I can’t force myself to buy the E66 while there’s a newer more technologically advanced 5800XM. If only it had the proper SIP support.

By: viipottaja.

viipottaja. — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:51:15 +0000

Will, I would expecte a swift correction from Intomobile, as well a bit more source critique in the future..

By: CFM

CFM — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:58:34 +0000

At Nokia Conversations they write: The report of the death of VoIP has been grossly exaggerated http://bit.ly/no_death_of_VoIP

By: AC

AC — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:31:29 +0000

Oops, I meant iSkoot instead of Truphone. Me stupid…

By: AC

AC — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:14:08 +0000

I never did get Fring to work on my E61i, so I’ve been using Truphone — correct me if I’m wrong here, but my understanding is that it’s not a “true” VoIP app as it uses a local telephone connection to dial in to the Skype network.

Not that I’m at all complaining — it’s worked great for me!

By: CFM

CFM — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:33:14 +0000

VoIP is back in newer models N79 and N85. VoIP is mentioned for both newer s60 3rd FP2 mobiles. Take a look at products tech specs at nseries.com. If true Will might want to do a follow up.

By: Will Neale

Will Neale — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:43:18 +0000

That is a great shame – my planned upgrade from an N95 8GB to an N96 has been canned as a direct result of this. It surprises me – Nokia has been challenging operators in the services space increasingly recently, with their own video store, music store etc… does this mean that they are going to close all of those too?

Does it also mean that the recently included video share functionality (eg. on the 6220) is also being removed (given that this relies on a SIP stack)?

Does this create an opportunity for a third party developer to release an open SIP client for S60 devices?

By: Amir B

Amir B — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:50:04 +0000

The new Fring should work fine on both phones

By: Maciek

Maciek — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:23:41 +0000

Shame on you Nokia. Suddenly Android looks more promising every day.