Skype now on Sony Ericsson Symbian smartphones

LUXEMBOURG: Skype, on Tuesday announced the availability of Skype on three Sony Ericsson smartphones based on the Symbian platform.

Users of Sony Ericsson’s flagship smartphones Satio, Vivaz  and Vivaz pro can now use Skype on the move, over either a WiFi or mobile data connection (3G, GPRS, EDGE).

 It can be downloaded now by visiting skype.com/m on a compatible handset, and will also be made available on the Sony Ericsson Play Now arena (http://www.playnow-arena.com) later this month.

Russ Shaw, General Manager, Mobile at Skype said, “We see a huge demand for Skype on mobile. The users want to keep in contact with the people that are important to them without worrying about the cost, distance or whether they are away from a computer.”

“Just a few weeks ago we have announced Skype for Symbian. Now, we are very pleased to bring it to Sony Ericsson smartphones and enable more people to take the Skype features they love with them on the move,” he added

Skype for Symbian enables users to make free Skype-to-Skype calls to other Skype users, send and receive instant messages to and from individuals or groups, share pictures, videos and other files an easily import names and numbers from the phone’s address book.

Skype for Symbian will run on any Sony Ericsson smartphone using Symbian 1, the latest version of the Symbian platform.

“Applications for communication and social networking are incredibly popular with mobile users,” said said Kristian Tear, Executive Vice President and Head of Sales and Marketing at Sony Ericsson.

Tear further said that the opportunity to use a world-class app like Skype, in combination with the excellent applications and capabilities they have already integrated into Satio, Vivaz and Vivaz  pro devices, will make up a compelling package to  customers,"