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Thursday, July 13, 2006
WebMessenger Mobile for Skype
Available for BlackBerry, Palm OS, Pocket PC, Windows Mobile and Java ME / J2ME, WMfS adds the possibility to make voice calls and text-chat from your phone via the Skype network.What I didn't like was that it doesn't support MSN, Yahoo! etc as well. This is an increasing issue on PCs and even more obvious on a phone where you often can't run applications in the background. The VoIP/IM market is very fragmented, so every effort to combine functionality should be promoted. Not in this case though.
Another drawback is that it requires Skype to run on a PC all the time, so you are actually communicating between the phone and your home or work PC, not directly with the Skype network. That sounds like a serious limitation. When I contacted WebMessenger about this, they told me they will make it possible to access the network directly in a later version.
A $3.95 monthly subscription sounds very good. Actually this is much better than a completely free offering, as they tend to disappear after a while when the companies (often very small) go bankrupt.
It seems to have most of the features available in the PC version, so existing Skype users should have no problem using this software.
WebMessenger Inc.- WebMessenger Mobile for Skype
