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Om Malik is reporting that Nokia removed VoIP from their latest N-series models. Both the N78 and the new N96 are not VoIP enabled, so that also services like Truphone or Gizmo5, which rely on Nokia’s SIP stack, are not working on those devices (as Om verified by himself).
This move doesn’t surprise me at all. Previous models such as the Nokia N73 and the Nokia N93 didn’t have a complete SIP stack on board so VoIP was not allowed on those phones (as I reported last year while testing those phones).
At the same time, unlike E-series (typically for the business market), where VoIP seems to be on board in the latest models too, N-series are targeted to the consumer market like Truphone or Gizmo (to name some), that are not “friends” of the carriers which Nokia makes agreements with (Om points out the fight between T-Mobile and Truphone which took place last year). Is it a sort of “protection” for Nokia? Hey mobile carrier, my phones protect you against those new mobile VoIP services… are you happy?!?
Om’s post highlights other interesting points about this subject too, it’s really worth a read.
