SKYPE on N900 Indian Version
 

Hello friends / maemoites / Nokiaites

N900 is finally launched in India at a very high price of Rs.30000(approx US $640) as compared to current market price of US $450 in USA & other countries.

Despite that India had not got a complete phone which people across the world enjoy. The most important thing :

THERE IS NO SKYPE IN N900 IN INDIAN VERSION. Yes Folks, you read it right. I too got a very heavy attack on the heart especially because I was waiting for this official release when I could have bought the grey market piece as soon as 3months back.

Please help me out with answers to the following questions:

1. Is it possible to install SKYPE separately in the Indian firmware 1.2.

2. If you can download & install SKYPE separately, will it function just the N900 global device with Integrated Skype??

3. Can we make video calls & use SKYPE as easily as integrated Skype?

4. Can we expect Indian firmware 1.3 to have integrated Skype?

5. Is there any other features missing on the Indian firmware as compared to Global firmware?

Nokia has a second home country in India where they can almost sell all their handsets in India. Nokia has a huge fan following & loyal followers in India. Despite that Nokia adoption such wrong policies like:

1. Releasing the phone at a very high price compared to Global markets when it should be vice-a-versa?

2. Not releasing complete phones as compared to global releases

3. Releasing the phones very late, almost after becoming outdated in other countries.

What is the reason for such a attitude against India when it is as of now actually thriving on sales in India.

Re: SKYPE on N900 Indian Version
 

If you flash the global firmware you will get skype. And it's probably because of local regulations they have not included it.

Re: SKYPE on N900 Indian Version
 

hi, i guess you can just flash the firmware to a global firmware, unless there are features in the indian firmware that you like to keep.

Re: SKYPE on N900 Indian Version
 

But is it possible to download & Install SKYPE on the Indian firmware? And does it work just like an integrated application?

Re: SKYPE on N900 Indian Version
 

Flash to global version firmware

Re: SKYPE on N900 Indian Version
 

Ask the Indian government. they have the regulations

Re: SKYPE on N900 Indian Version
 

Are you sure you're not just expecting a skype "application"? The skype support is tightly integrated. I believe you setup an account in the Sharing Accounts area of Settings

Re: SKYPE on N900 Indian Version
 

It got removed in the Indian firmware. Local regulations prohibit it or something like that. Kinda like the FM Transmitter in HK

Re: SKYPE on N900 Indian Version
 

Why dont you just flash it to the global firmware? I have been using my n900 happily since 6 months now. Dint even bother to update it to the indian version. Best of all you are talking about N900, the most open device in the market, so go ahead use the global firmware.
Skype works perfectly for me here. I am on vodafone. I also tested video calls over wifi and was quite impressed.

Re: SKYPE on N900 Indian Version
 

What is the difference between Global version & Indian version besides SKYPE being absent in Indian version?