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nced a partnership with Hutchinson to put Skype on phones on the 3 networks around the world. However, Skype were not willing to answer questions on specific handsets saying only that they were actively working on development for the Symbian platform. However at the 'Do New' booth on the Nokia stand there was a demo of Skype running on two 6680s over a 3G network. Read on for details... The S60 Skype application was a complete implementation supporting Skype text chat, Skype voice calls (both to PCs and to other S60 handsets), and Skype Out dialing. Running the application over 3G results in latency of up to about a second. It is the equivalent to calling your granny on their other side of the world via a satellite phone. It does work, but it is annoying and I can not see most people being willing to put up with it. It was indicated that better performance would be achieved over a WiFi connectivity link. The call quality was similar to that achieved in a normal call. The application has been developed for S60 2

Preservation of the original page layout, presented just as the Web site designers intended; - Easy navigation of Web pages through page miniatures, reducing the amount of scrolling; - Pop-up blocking, enhanced start page, and simplified menus; - Visual History, an easy-to-use back function, showing miniature views of previous pages; - Text Search, which works as you type, taking you directly to the interesting part of the page; - Web Feeds, providing easy access to RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds from Web sites, blogs, and news stories; - Dynamic HTML, supporting dynamic menus, rollovers, and scripted behavior such as AJAX applications; - Extensive support of industry standards including W3C's HTML, XHTML 1.0, DOM, CSS and SVG-Tiny; other Web standards such as SSL and ECMAScript; and Netscape style plug-ins including Flash Lite and audio. The browser's open source codebase and extensible architecture will enable other industry parties, such as S60 licensees and the open source community, to develop new features for the browser. S60 application developers can use open APIs to build on top of the browser, using it to render rich content within their application. Nokia is committed to open source, and intends to actively participate in the open source community to further develop and enhance the browser, contributing Nokia's expertise in mobility.