Nokia N97 gets Native Voip client(Sip client in Symbian V5 Phones)

Nokia had stopped Native SIP support after N95. I think N95 was the last VOIP supported Symbian Phone. After the launch of N97, Everybody was questioning NOKIA`s stand for stopping VOIP in high end phones. From that time there were several online petitions were filled from end users. Now it has came, NOKIA has released update for unblocking VOIP in N97. We have checked details on VOIP SIP client on NOKIA N97.

SkySipTel Residential and GSM VoIP, Free INUM number, Cheap International calls (Works from UAE)

Skysiptel is PC to Phone based VOIP service provider. At present VOIP players are bundling everything they have, apart from just simple calling services they are providing value added features like Call Back, Free incoming Number(in this case INUM), PC to phone, mobile phone dialer applications for iPhone and Symbian mobiles etc. Today we will discuss about Skysiptel.com which is providing cheap international calls and also working in VOIP blocked country UAE. Previously we had discussed about Ringomax which claims guarantee that it will work from UAE.

Nokia internet telephone, Betamax SIP settings for NOKIA e series mobile phones (e51, e61, e71, e81, e91)

Nokia e series phones come with inbuilt VoIP SIP calling facility. By using this facility you can make VoIP calls directly from your cell phone using your wireless network or 3G/Edge network and any of the sip enabled VoIP services like jumblo, smartvoip, actionvoip. You don't have to download fring and nimbuzz to use these settings, however fring is easier to configure.

Nokia e series models are
Nokia e5x series: e50 e51 e55
Nokia e6x series: e60 e61 e61i e62 e63 e65 e66
Nokia e7x series: e70 e71 e71x e72
Nokia e8x series: e80 e81 e82 e83
Nokia e9x series: e90 e91 e95 e96 e97 e90communicator

If you own any of the phone, then you can try these setting to save on your international calls. I own Nokia e71 and home wi-fi and its really great to call using this feature of Nokia internet telephone, My calls to India get connected faster than the normal cellular call.

These settings are common for all betamax/dellmot services, just replace betamax.com from your provider name, in the case of smartvoip or jumblo, You need to replace sip.betamax.com with sip.smartvoip.com or sip.jumblo.com

Please follow these steps

STEP 1
Open the SIP Settings (Tools / Settings / Connection / SIP settings).
Make a profile (something like this, check your phone)

Profile Name: My VoIP Profile (You can choose your desired name)
Profile: IETF (keep it at the default)
Access point: (your AP name, like wi-fi or 3G connection)
Public user name: username@sip.betamax.com (replace the username with your own username, and the sip.betamax.com with the one provided by your provider;like sip.actionvoip.com etc.)
Use Compression: No
Registration: Always on (or the other one, if you want it to be on-demand)
Use Security: No

STEP 2 - Skip the proxy setting

Proxy Server Address: none
Registrar Server: none
Realm: none
User Name: none
( just skip above step 2)

STEP 3 - Pay attention to Registrar settings

Registrar Server: sip.betamax.com (afterwards it will show sip:sip.betamax.com)
Realm: sip.betamax.com
User Name: username (Instead of username example, use your real username / account number, see step 1)
Password: Your password
Transport Type: UDP
Port: 5060

STEP 4 - Setting up the internet telephony

Tools / Settings / Connection / Internet Tel. Settings
Create a new profile for “VoIP Call (username)”, name it “VoIP Call” (or as you wish)

Choose “My VoIP Profile” as Preferred profile (the profile name you entered in step 1)

You should see successful registration, Now you should be able to make the call, try to call using the internet call facility, if it does not work reboot your phone.

STEP 5
Go to Tools / Settings / Call / Default call type
Select Cellular to make normal calls, Internet to use VoIP to call.

Now you are done..., enjoy the SIP call facility of Nokia phones. Please note that you have to pay for your 3G data plan charged for making this call, but in some case, you also save money by paying your 3G internet connection.