After unpacking the Trinity from the box the first thing i was about to do was fulfilling my old dream - to perform a pure VoIP call from my PDA. Trinity looks strong enough with it’s ARM9 v4 400Mhz processor and Skype is the easiest choice. I will get back to the SIP and other IM clients in my future logs.
As my HTC is still brand new with absolutely no apps installed on it (except for the locale provided by the supplier that can be turned off) i expected the Skype app to work as a charm. The WiFi setup in my home WPA-PSK environment worked on the first try. I was really surprised. After that i went to the Skype download page and downloaded the latest version. It was Skype 2.2.0.36 from 11th June 2007 - the first gold release of the 2.2 branch. It worked really nicely. I loved the Skype menu on the Today screen. But when I was about to make a call, it always failed. Later on i realised that this officialy does not support Samsung based PDAs:
If you have a device with ARM 9 v4 Processor for example: 32bit Samsung: S3C2410, SC32442 and S3C2440, or IntelStrong ARM SA-1110, then calling is not supported by Skype for Windows Mobile in the 2.2 Gold Release. However, you will still be able to use chat to keep in touch with your contacts.
These includes, but are not limited to: E-TEN Glofiish X500, E-TEN M500, E-TEN M600, E-TEN M700, HP iPAQ rx5900, HP rx4000 Series, HP iPAQ rx3700 Series, HTC TyTN, HTC P3600, i-mate JASJAM, Qtek 9600, SPV M700, MDA Vario II / v1605, 8525 / M3100 / Trion, Dopod D810, Dopod 838, Dopod P100, Acer n311, Mio P550 Digi-Walker
Hope we will have official support in future versions. There’s still a chance to get Trinity to actually place/receive Skype calls and not just limit the functionality to chat: Get older version! While Skype does not offer older versions for download, you can find them with a Google search.
I personally collected this load of versions:
- SkypeForPocketPC-2.0.0.51-LowCPU.cab
- SkypeForPocketPC-2.1.0.65.exe
- SkypeForPocketPC-2.1.0.66.exe
- SkypeForPocketPC-2.2.0.18-Beta.cab - works with P3600!!!
- SkypeForPocketPC-2.2.0.20-Beta.exe
- SkypeForPocketPC-2.2.0.36.exe
While only the 2.2.0.18 and the 2.0.0.51 worked for me I’ve sticked with the 2.2.0.18 as it has neat feature of appearing in the “today” screen. See pic:
If you’ve never installed a CAB file on your PocketPC before just copy it to your PDA with ActiveSync Explorer and then locate the file with File Explorer on your PDA and click on it. The installation will run.
Hopefully the next version of Skype will support Trinity as well as other Samsung based PDAs. Until then use the Pocket Skype 2.2.0.18 Beta!
Jan08 Edit: Make sure you read on the follow up: Pocket Skype 2.2.0.37 vs Trinity
I i installed the 2.2.0.16 version and whenits loading it stucks for a bit, then it sasys a message that says “Could not start Skype” can u tell em why????