Skype has just launched a beta application for Symbian S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 and Feature Pack 2 devices. The hefty 4.2 MB installation file takes up 6 MB of your phone’s internal memory, making it one of the largest Symbian application I’ve come across, and the number of clicks required to install the application, easily over 10, is absolutely ridiculous. You’ve been warned. That being said, once installed you get all the awesome features of Skype on your desktop such as: free Skype-to-Skype calling, call mobile and landline phones using Skype credit, receive phone calls with your Skype number, instant messaging, group chat, and file sharing. The Skype beta works over 3G and WiFi too so you could effectively get free minutes if both you and the person you’re trying to contact has this application installed. Skype emphasizes that this is beta, and note that it will crash from time to time. I’ve successfully manage to crash the application twice on my Nokia E71 while simply scrolling down my phone book which has less than 30 contacts. They expect the final version of this application to hit the market in early 2010.
[Via: Phone Scoop]