Great News via GigaOM and others – Skype’s beta App for Symbian powered, and last week Rhianna got her own Symbian App , bringing more “exclusive content as app” strategy to mobile. Finally the Symbian powered low cost Nokia 5235 “Comes with Music” handset has been announced for shipping in Q1 2010 – the cheapest smartphone to date and it comes with unlimited access to the Nokia’s Music Store catalogue.
UPDATE: We had a few screenshots from VIKIapps here that read N98 when it was presumably the N95. I’ve taken it down.
From GIGAOM:
Skype continued to expand its mobile footprint today with the release of a beta version of its offering for Symbian S60 3rd Edition phones, a move which could be a step toward Skype becoming the ubiquitous real-time communications platform CEO Josh Silverman envisions for the company. The release supports 17 different models and includes basic features such as free Skype-to-Skype calling, instant messaging, group conversations and the ability to call phones with Skype credits or via subscription.
A new application for touchscreen Nokia mobiles running the Symbian S60 operating system has been released, giving fans of flourishing star Rhianna access to exclusive media content.
Various Nokia handsets are expected to be compatible with the application, including the 5800 XpressMusic, the N97 and the new X6.
Nokia N98 8GB. Eh, what?
I guess it was N95 8GB. Anyway I’ve taken it down. Will look around for different shots.