I'm truly desperate here. Trying to get the n810 set up as a VoIP phone, preferably using Google Voice and preferably free.

I've read a hundred posts and pages that imply the onboard Nokia SIP client ONCE worked, that Skype ONCE worked, that Fring ONCE worked, that a free SIP account can be used, and that everything up to and including major mucking about in root and an Asterisk server is a required part of the solution. And plenty of indications that it's possible and actually functional enough to walk into a public hot spot and make and receive a VoIP call over wireless.

I can find my way around a tech problem but I'm not a Linux user. I've made a decent effort to find the solution on the boards, but most of the posts date from pre-2008 and the proposed solutions therein, especially the straightforward ones like Skype, seem to have abandoned the Maemo platform.

I'm sure I'm missing something obvious but I've been on this for a week with absolutely no traction. Have mercy and let me know if I can do this, and how to set it up. Thanks. You're a God.

I think sip is ok I've been using for a while using sip.freephonie.net

I am unsure how jingle was good ... video worked more or less...

skype should be supported because someone released lately a "skypeonboot" package but it's unfree !

regards

Thanks for replying. I may be badly overthinking this but I'm finding so many different solutions, most of which seem to be obsolete, that I'm thoroughly confused.

Just found Skype in the repositories via App Manager. Efforts to find a Maemo version on skype's site were fruitless, so maybe this version will work.

Let me clarify what exactly I'm trying to do. I want to use DialCentral accessing Google Voice. It appears that I need a SIP service that provides a virtual phone number so I can assign it as a callback number in Google Voice, which will then forward calls to my n810.

Originally I thought Google Voice was a complete solution, but it won't direct calls to the n810 without an assignable virtual callback number.

Anybody know a service that will permit this setup?

For me, I signed up on this site, and so far it's been completely free.

https://simonics.com/gvgw/

I followed the instructions in this post, except used a free sipgate account instead of gizmo, and it works fine. It was pretty easy, and I'm not much of a Linux user either.

http://www.fromthefencepost.com/2009...ice-and-gizmo/

Saw that one, thanks. (I think I read every web page one can find using keywords "n810" and "VoIP". Felt that way, at least.)

I don't have my log of all the free SIP providers I tried, but a lot of them have closed signup or are out of local numbers.

Imma try the one Addison recommended today. I think I am creeping up on this one. Thanks to all.

Once you've registered on that site, make sure to do a print screen and save it somewhere.

As for me, I no longer use DialCentral.

Instead I use Modest with one minute checks for new emails and go to google.com/voice/m with 180% zoom with Bundyo's excellent Tear web browser.

If you need any help, I can walk you through any questions you might have.

fyi, gizmo5 has been killed last year i think ...
do you know some way to recycle this g5 app ?
does it worth to reimplement a protocol to provide an alternate server ?

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http://rzr.online.fr/q/sip

Thanks for the offer. Right now I'm struggling with the gateway. I get a "can't log in" no matter what settings I enter, although I can log into my GV account with no problem.

Per Bill's directions, I first connected my GV account to GMail and made a call out through the chat dial widget first, then assigned Google Chat as a forward for the calls.

Bill confirmed the server is up, and guessed it may be a password issue, but I have no odd characters in my PW that could confuse it, just letters and numbers. I am about to try changing it just in case. Any ideas?