Finally there will be no Skype for the Nokia Lumia 610
Last month Skype filled a multitude of specialized media pages with its final arrival on the platform Windows Phone 7 However, the news did not arrive without controversy, since not all terminals with this operating system could make it work the free video call application, more specifically, the Nokia Lumia 610 A low-range terminal which is expected to be implemented on a massive scale thanks to its low costSomething made possible by using underperforming components
And this is precisely what iprevents the Lumia 610 from being able to run the Skype application The terminal has 256 MB of RAM memory, while the application requires a minimum of 512 MB As little is known of these data it took time to raise the alarm, after which Nokia itself stated that Skype worked on this device according to its tests. Finally, it seems that the Finnish company has confirmed that the terminal is not prepared for the video call service, and has decided to veto the application for this model in the app store Windows Phone Marketplace
The reasons have been made public by the Honh Kong subsidiary of Nokia, who have published a message stating that, after some intensive tests, the user experience using the video call application is not up to expectationsby Nokia and by SkypeThat is why they have decided to remove the application from Windows Phone Marketplace, but exclusively for the Lumia 610 , as all other terminals with Windows Phone 7.5 can continue to download and use the video call tool
Although there are more and more alternatives to make internet calls with other applications, sales of the Lumia 610 are affected by these bad news And, according to a dedicated Japanese website to offer information about Windows Phone, this low-end terminal would have access to 95 percent of the Marketplace applications, leaving behind some of the most popular applications as well as several games Definitely a low blow for Microsoft and for Nokia
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Will have to wait and see if Nokia, Microsoft or the same Skype decide to take action on the matter and modify the characteristics of the terminal or, more feasible and economically viable, design a version of the video call application that adapts to the characteristics of the Lumia 610 For now there are no more official announcements apart from the brief message from Nokia Hong Kong
Of course, the feature of low RAM memory is a point to keep in mind for both users who want to access all the content that is published on the Windows Phone Marketplace, so that the general performance of the terminal is goodBut it's also an issue that the company itself Nokia should hurry to fix if it wants to avoid the bad press and lost sales
