3 Skypephone S2
The 3 Skypephone S2 is a UMTS, GSM and VoIP mobile phone. The phone is the successor to 3 Skypephone and the second phone from the 3 Skypephone Series.
iSkoot
The 3 Skypephone S2 runs on the iSkoot for Skype platform to provide its Skype service. iSkoot's shutdown of this service on 20 January 2011 caused this phone to show a non-functioning "click to upgrade" link, although some other phones were not affected. No warning was given by Three for this shutdown, and visiting the Three website shows they removed the Skypephone from their product offerings. This violates Three's own terms and conditions and the "Free Skype forever" promise leaving customers very angry and unable to use the arguably main functionality of this phone.In the box
- Handset
- Battery 1150 mAh.
- Battery cover.
- Personal stereo hands free kit.
- USB cable.
- Mains charger.
- 3 user guide.
- Quick start guide for Skype.
- Additional guides
Specifications
The specifications released are as follow:- Dimensions: 102.7 x 45 x 14mm
- Weight: 95g
- Display: 2.2in QVGA
- Battery: 1150mAh
- CPU: ARM variant as runs BREW operating system
- Memory: 50 Mb onboard
- External memory: Micro SD up to 4 Gb
- Camera: 3.2Mpx camera
- HSDPA support: Up to 2.6 Mbit/s
- Additional features:
- * HSDPA modem dongle
- * Facebook application
- *Many native Brew applications.
- * RSS reader
- * Stereo handsfree and USB cable included
- Standby 320 hours
- Talk Time 270 minutes
- Video Talk Time 170 minutes
Supported functionality
- Bluetooth stack with OBEX file transfer and A2DP support
- Streaming video
- Streaming audio
- Free Skype-to-skype calls
- T9 dictionary
- 3.2Mpx camera
- Video recording
- Audio recording
- MP3 player
- Memory: 50 Mb onboard
- External memory: Micro SD up to 4 Gb
- PC Suite synchronization
- HSDPA support: Up to 2.6 Mbit/s
- HSDPA modem dongle
- Podcasting with Mobilcast
- Supports Java ME applications such as Opera Mini and many Java ME games.
- Facebook always on application, change your status and easily access your profile, friends, inbox, pokes and more.
- Charging via standard mini USB cable.
- Brew games
Not supported functionality
- Only Western Eu Latin Alphabets are supported, Cyrillic as used in Russian/Bulgarian and probably many other languages is not supported with all skype, web browser and text messages.