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bernd is offline bernd
2010-12-30 , 12:35
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I think so X-D but I recognized skype videochat on the n900 isn't always 100% stable
 
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2010-12-30 , 12:50
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Number of years I've had a phone capable of video calls: 5

Number of times I've wanted to make a video call: 0
 

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2010-12-30 , 12:53
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It's cheaper here than Skype over Wifi (with data charges). And almost all my friends are NOT on Skype all the time. Still hoping and voting for 3G video calling with N900!
 
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2010-12-30 , 14:17
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Originally Posted by joppu View Post
It's about the video calling over HTTP, not traditional cell network protocols.

Also the current Skype on N900 does support video calls over 3g.
??.. I have used Skype over 3g to make video calls with the n900
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2010-12-30 , 20:05
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Skype supports video calls over internet. Internet goes over 3g.
N900 Skype - tcp/ip - 3g - tcp/ip - Skype

What people mean is video calls that you dial like a normal phone number, without internet.
Phone - 3G - Phone

The difference is, skype is like email, 3g video calling is likw mms.

With skype or gtalk and similar, you need to know someone's skype name. With 3g video calling you use someone's telephone number, like when you send a sms or mms.

People arguing skype and whatever brings 3g video calling are saying approximately the equivalent thing as saying that email fixes a hypothetical missing sms and mms support.
Yes, email "does the same thing" as sms and mms, and we can send email "over 3g", but it's not the same thing obviosuly.
 
mattbutsko is offline mattbutsko
2010-12-30 , 22:12
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Skype on N900 does support video calls over 3g
Then I must have a god sent N900, because I can do this.
 
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2010-12-30 , 22:15
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Originally Posted by mattbutsko View Post
Then I must have a god sent N900, because I can do this.
No you can't.
You can skype using mobile internet provided over a 3g connection.
 
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2010-12-30 , 22:25
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Talking about the dial-your-phone-number-see-your-face version of this semantic battle: is there a dominant standard for that type of 3G video call? Is there something that AT&T, T-mobile, Verizon, Orange, Deutsche, Ma Bell, and Taco Bell will all carry and interpret if the phones just did it right? If the N900 did include this feature, could I use it today?
 
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2010-12-30 , 23:41
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So, with all that explanation on how Skype + 3G works, how do we explain this AP article? From what you guys are saying, it sounds like what we have NOW. So what could be new (A new version of the free iPhone app for Skype SA will let users make and receive video calls)?

SAN FRANCISCO: A new version of the free iPhone app for Skype SA will let users make and receive video calls. Users of the Internet calling and messaging service will be able to use both WiFi and 3G cellular networks. FaceTime software, which comes with iPhones, works only with WiFi.

The app, which is being released through Apple Inc's App Store, will let iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS users make free video calls to other Skype users who are using the app or have access to the feature using Skype on their computer or other videophone.

This is not the first third-party app for the iPhone to allow free video calling over a cellular network. Apps such as Fring and Tango offer the capability as well, although neither has as many users as Skype. - AP
So, I'm wondering if Skype will release some new video calling feature and if we could get that on the N900 to close the issue on our 3G video call!
 
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2010-12-30 , 23:51
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Originally Posted by Joseph.skb View Post
So, with all that explanation on how Skype + 3G works, how do we explain this AP article? From what you guys are saying, it sounds like what we have NOW. So what could be new (A new version of the free iPhone app for Skype SA will let users make and receive video calls)?



So, I'm wondering if Skype will release some new video calling feature and if we could get that on the N900 to close the issue on our 3G video call!
I dont understand what you're asking.

"Will an application we already have bring support we don't have when it's released (which it already is)!?"

Skype is not video calling. No matter what connection it is using it is VOIP and as such is using the internet.

PS a jailbroken iPhone can facetime using a 3g internet connection in exactly the same manner.
 
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