I always thought Skype was just a gimmick. Free calls around the US, big deal, my cell phone does that.
I just took a trip to Costa Rica. BTW, loaded the external card with about 5 movies to watch on the plane. They played flawlessly. Have a 2 into 1 headphone jack so me and the wife can listen with $20 noise reducing headphones (Creative). Makes the plane ride so much more pleasant.
First night in Costa Rica we are at an outdoor restaurant and my friends are lamenting how their cell phones don't work at all there. I turned on my 800 and immediately found wi fi connections. Amazing as this was just a little tiny fishing town (Coco). I turned on Skype just to see something. I hit 'Home' in Contacts. Unbelievably it dialed and started ringing. My daughter answered and it sounded like I was talking next door! No one could believe it. It showed the minute rate at .02 ! Made about 30 calls on the trip and used about $4.00 of my credit. Crystal clear on both sides from a 3rd world country. My friends said they are all getting N800's. So that's what Skype is for.

Sweet! I always thought Skype didn't work that great on the N800! I guess OS2008 fixed that! This will come in SO much handy!

For those that use Skype often: Skype pro is only $3 a month

with skype-to-skype calls for free, why would i pay for monthly service?

i use my n800, my buddy in london uses a dual mode cordless phone that uses a skype client over wifi. we can talk for hours, crystal clear and best of all for free.

Works also (free wifi) on Italian beaches, most European cafés and US coffeehouses, most railway stations, the mall in DC (free wifi) and most US and EU hotels. Paris France puts wifi cables in every citystreet.! Love it,: happy skyping.!

Well, I prefer an open protocol like sip instead of a secret, bandwith sucking one like skype.
There are many sip providers (in fact you can set up your own at home with asterisk), sip to sip calls are free and for landline calls most of them are cheaper than skype (the various betamax brands even offering free calls to many countries).

luca, have you got any good SIP providers to share? I'm on Gizmo now, and not all too pleased with the quality of the connection.

Skype has been working pretty well for me, except that i really do need to find a good headset. Called parties generally complain that the audio from my side is inaudible (too soft) when I use Skype with my Sony Ericsson GV-435 BT headset, and there seems no way to increase the volume on audio-in.

I'm seriously considering the Nokia HS-81 headset (http://europe.nokia.com/A4400018) but it seems to be using a 2.5mm instead of the 3.5mm one that we use on the N8x0. I'm able to find 3.5mm to 2.5mm converters but not vice versa.

Tried a few: Complex to install or connect, not always available etc. Can I trust them ?

So, I hope you can recommend a more economical SIP that really works always and provides guaranteed privacy (only outside the US, China and other third world countries, of course).

I thought it was 5 dollars a month? Hmm.. can't remember what I paid for lol.

But it's a nice deal. I use it to call my friend in Canada.

Dont you just love those moments when having that gadget really saves the day. Makes it easier when you are ready to get the next expensive toy, you can say: But honey, remember how nice it was when we had the n800 on vacation?
So I can I get it pleeease!
LOL ;-)