Nokia N800 Internet tablet on sale at Dell

Peter King peter.king-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org
Sun Oct 28 21:45:18 UTC 2007


On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 01:19:51PM -0400, Evan Leibovitch wrote:

> Can these devices run Skype?
> 
> Last I inquired there was a lot of Real Soon Now talk about Skype
> (and/or other SIP softphones) for the Nokia N series, but it never
> seemed to become real. Has that changed? Having a softphone capability
> (that could be combined with the builtin address book) might be a
> deal-breaker for me.

The N800 comes with Skype already installed, and has a built-in
microphone and webcam for it. You also get a coupon for three
months of free Skype-to-landline phone calls. If anything, support
is probably better for the (announced) N810.

It really is an astonishingly capable little device.

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