thanks colnago, I did try that the first time I red you previous post but my skype field is only for skype names not numbers. i get the error displayed below.... ... and it dosen't dial. but if a solution similar to this existed that would solve the problem. I still find it hard to believe i am only 1 of 5 people in the whole world to have experienced this issue. just thinking about it gain shouldn't Nokia just fix it?