Calling With Skype

[Guest Brins0]

I've recently got my wizard, and done that hard reset thingy, and used the corporate mode install...

I've heard many people talk about the speed of the HTC Wizard being an issue with things like skype, so I thaugh i'd try it out, just to see if these rumors were true.

I can confirm 100% that the efficiency of the Wizard is exceptional considering it's clock speed, and skype runs flawlessly, as do many other apps, so all the non-believers, can shut their traps...

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Anyway, onto the questions...

1.) Is it posible to map the red an green hardware buttons to accept and reject calls in skype?

2.) How do you change the ringing tones?

3.) How stable is it over GPRS? (i've been using wifi)

4.) How long should the battery last while making calls?

5.) How do i make the sound come through the loudspeaker rather than the smaller speaker?

6.) Will this work with a bluetooth headset?

7.) Is there any way to limit the bandwidth used for the conversation to limit gprs bills?

I'd love it someone could answer these questions, would be a huge help...

Edited May 1, 2006 by Brins0

[Guest Laser_iCE]

1. Not sure.

2. To change the ringing tone, it is in your Sound configurations.

3. As far as I know, GPRS would be too slow to handle it properly.

4. No idea.

5. Doesn't it do this already?

6. I would assume so.

7. If you limit the bandwidth usage, you limit the quality, so unless you have some sort of unlimited plan (such as the T-Mobile one) or you are using WiFi, I'm pretty sure it's still gonna be pretty costly.

Someone else will answer the questions I couldn't ;)

[Guest b6x]

I can confirm 100% that the efficiency of the Wizard is exceptional considering it's clock speed, and skype runs flawlessly, as do many other apps, so all the non-believers, can shut their traps...

I installed Skype yesterday on my O2 XDA miniS and it was really really really poor! Took a while to start up, and couldn't even handle the call to echo123 test without breaking up and missing large chunks of the message. The sound comes out of the speaker which isn't ideal for me and the "prevent device standby" option just doesn't work. It doesn't remember my Skype user also. Uninstalled within an hour.

[Guest Brins0]

I think you must have loads of other stuff running on yours...

Ok, it did take about 30s to load up, but it was fine after that... It takes almost that on my laptop, skype is just bloated... it should have a simple interface, no pretty pictures. That's why Agile Messenger sucks balls, it does everything, just badly...

People have to remember that it isn't always the device's fault, poor programming also makes things horrible and laggy...