Skype Coming To Mobile Phones

SkypeMobileI know what you’re thinking — what’s the point of a VoIP service on mobile phones when the devices are intended primarily for talking and voice is cheaper than data? “SkypeMobile for mobile devices (our unofficial name for the new Skype) will be targeted to hardware manufacturers for integration into new dual-mode (GPRS + WiFi) mobile devices once made available to carriers.” Apparently Skype intends to release a version for Embedded Linux, Symbian or Windows Mobile devices later this year (it’s already on Pocket PC). Whether that will get picked up by manufacturers trying to stay in the telco’s good books is something else…but if it can be loaded onto a smartphone like any other application I can’t see how it can be stopped.
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