[Accounts] How to setup Skype and Facbook?
 

hi
just bought the phone a week back and i have to say its simply amazing
am new to the maemo platform and was wondering if any one could help me out

- Skype doesnt exist on my phone even in settings-connectivity-VOIP...
-cant seem to be able to login to facebook chat though i al ready have an account
-Fring cant be downloaded as it says it doesnt recognise my device..

any other inputs are welcome
cheers

Re: newbie
 

skype should exists on the "availability"
touch the middle maemo desktop (3g/2g bar)
then press on availability

you will see skype there.

Re: newbie
 

thanks for getting back..
no skype in availability also..
my phone has the newest update
im in india.. any thoughts of skype not being available here

cheers

Re: newbie
 

Skype is there, it's just integrated into the User Interface. There's no "Skype Application" by itself.

Go to Availability as described by tirtawn, the click on Accounts. Click "New", and then select Skype. You will be guided to register an account if you don't already have one, or log-in if you do.

Re: [Accounts] How to setup Skype and Facbook?
 

Facebook chat: you have to setup facebook to unify your account, means facebook.com/<yourname> (free to pick any name)
then the login is <yourname>@chat.facebook.com
password is your facebook password

works for me with pr1.2 built in facebook chat and if I set it up as jabber account
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=729926

Re: [Accounts] How to setup Skype and Facbook?
 

If you bought the phone from India, there won't be any Skype integrated with it. You would need to reflash the firmware to the Global version to get Skype as Nokia wanted to play safe with regulation in India (There are regulatory issues as Skype encrypts calls and Indian intelligence agencies don't like calls that they can't eavesdrop on)