First look: Skype for the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet
When the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet was announced at the beginning of the year, we were excited about the successor to the 770. Not only was there an updated version of the Linux-based Internet Tablet OS and significantly-improved hardware, but Nokia also promised us a fully-functional Skype client for the N800. Nearly six months after the tablet's launch, the Skype client has finally arrived.
Getting Skype onto your N800 can take a bit of time. In addition to releasing the Skype client, Nokia also unleashed an OS update to support the new client (Internet Tablet OS 4.2007 26-8, if you're keeping score at home). As a result, you'll need to back up all of the data on your N800 to a memory card, hook the tablet up to a PC running Linux or Windows (a Mac running Parallels will do the trick quite nicely), install the OS update, restore your backup from the memory card, and you're all set.
I found a Skype icon in the Extras menu.
Also on ars technica:
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