Skype unveils app for Nokia phones

Skype has released a client for Nokia's Symbian phones, the two companies announced on Wednesday.

The client, which is available in the Ovi Store, lets people use the internet telephony (VoIP) service over Wi-Fi or a mobile data connection such as 3G, Edge or GPRS, the companies said.

Nokia smartphones chief Jo Harlow said in the statement that the Ovi Store was seeing around 1.5 million downloads a day, and Nokia believes "the Skype client for Nokia smartphones will have wide appeal to Symbian users".

Apart from letting users make free Skype-to-Skype calls, the client also supports low-cost calls and texts to phones abroad, along with instant messaging and picture and file sharing.

Here's the list of devices that are compatible with the first release of the Skype for Symbian app:

Touchscreen: Nokia N97, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia X6, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and Nokia 5530.

Non-touchscreen: Nokia E72, Nokia E71, Nokia E90, Nokia E63, Nokia E66, Nokia E51, Nokia N96, Nokia N95, Nokia N95 8Gb, Nokia N85, Nokia N82, Nokia N81, Nokia N81 8 Gb, Nokia N79, Nokia N78, Nokia 6220 classic, Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia 5320.