Skype over Wifi

[bloob]

I had an hour long phone call using Skype on my X1, running over Wifi to my home broadband router. I must say, the performance of Skype is very good, audio quality was decent with very little lag (this was a call from HK to US). The hour long phone call used Wifi quite heavily and used up about 20% of battery life, which is quite ok knowing that Wifi sucks a lot of power.

Very please with this performance.

[VesNL]

Ah great, thanks for the info. I'm plannign to use Sjype more often since I got hooked up with some contacts in Asia.

[raymccarthy]

Quick question. Did you use the wired headset. I have problems with skype, the sound comes from the main speaker. Bluetooth headset doesn't work either, the mic doesn't work...

[VesNL]

Originally Posted by raymccarthy

Quick question. Did you use the wired headset. I have problems with skype, the sound comes from the main speaker. Bluetooth headset doesn't work either, the mic doesn't work...

I think that is a common 'problem' with Skype. I read similar issues on the TyTn II with it.

[bloob]

I haven't tried with wired or bluetooth headsets yet with Skype. Perhaps I can test that next time.

There is a FREE app called A2DPToggle, which apparently can intercept audio outputs to the currently paired and connected A2DP bluetooth headset. check Teksoft - Future Teknology

[bingtheone]

so did you just made voice call? i'm just wondering can we actually use skype to make video calls to pc on a x1?

[bloob]

I made a SkypeOut call using my X1 to a fixed line in US, and it worked very well. For other people to call you, you will need to have a SkypeIn number.

A PC to X1 call should be possible as a Skype to Skype call, but not sure whether a video call is possible. The skype application may not make use of the phone camera, but this is worth checking out.

[Carlin]

I've tried the X1->PC one and it worked. Not much lag, though the X1 was connected to the WLAN (wireless) in my house and the PC was using the LAN (wired). It's definitly a great thing if you already use Skype!

[raymccarthy]

Bloob, I don't understand. If you did not use a headset, did the skype sound come through the earpiece or the speaker??

[Rudegar]

not skype nor messenger currently support video

reason skype is odd is that it was made for pure pda's rather then mobile pda's
mobile pda's handle phone io diff then it does normal io
so it's normal pda o and no mobile mic i

suspect it works different with windows mobile normal or whatever that smartphone no touch screen line is called