skypeing on a mobile phone/pda

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In <newscache$c9ozqi$zw4$1@tomato.pcug.org.au> on Sun, 04 Dec 2005 19:46:25
GMT, "Leon Horsnell" <leonh@pcug.org.au> wrote:

>I was wondering about using a pdaphone to connect to skype wirelessly using
>something like the hp 6365 or an o2 etc. is it possible and would one be
>able to use the phones speaker and microphone or would one ned a bluetooth
>headset

It is possible on a PC (using Skype software and an appropriate headset), but
cellular latency is pretty bad, resulting in long pauses before you hear
responses from the other party. In a word, painful.

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