I use Skype-In. Skype-Out, and Skype to Skype on my Nokia N800 daily. I leave my N800 turned on 24 hours a day, and plug it into a charger ( car or wall ) whenever I am near a charger. Skype will work well if your WiFi LAN is good. If you experience problems with Skype when you are out of the house or office please realize your are in a public hotspot, very likely an inferior one.

With regard to keeping a charger attached to the N800 (or any portable device with a Lithium battery) for long periods of time, I fail to understand why Nokia (or equiv.) would say that would over-charge the battery. The reason I fail to understand this is because the fact is the battery charge level is not controlled by the charger, or the device it is attached to. The charge level is controlled by a tiny microcontroller sealed in the battery itself. Rechargeable Lithium batteries have internal intelligence to protect us from danger in the event of an external short circuit, and also in the event of attempts at over charging. Lithium batteries can literally explode with great force (and / or violently burn) if the internal cell(s) are overcharged or shorted. The internal microcontroller circuit monitors --and controls-- lithium cell charging and discharging to prevent danger. This fail-safe design doesn't always succeed as can be seen when a laptop or cellphone self combusts, but the battery design is such that you are unable to overcharge the battery (even if you try) so long as the batteries internal microcontroller is working as it should.

Charging and discharging lithium batteries causes wear to the chemistry. Reducing the number "cycles" will extend your batteries life. You cannot extend the life of a lithium battery indefinitely, but it can be stretched by not cycling to battery unnecessarily. N800 batteries ( like cellphone batteries ) are not too expensive so it really is not a big deal I guess. What I am saying, is I would not be concerned ( I am not concerned ) about leaving the N800 plugged into an external power source, leaving the N800 turned on at all times, and running Skype on it, prepared to answer incoming calls from people. That is the way I use my N800 when I am home, or in the car.


For more about the N800 and Skype read this:
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