Skype and 3 team up for mobile internet phone

by Donald Melanson posted Oct 12th 2007 at 1:29PM

Details are pretty light on this one, but Reuters is now reporting that Skype and UK cellphone operator 3 are currently working on a new handset that promises to "make Internet calls mobile." According to Reuters, the phone is expected to "work in the normal way," but also include an option to let users bypass all those hefty cellphone charges and contact other Skype users directly in order to save a few bucks. We assume that means Skype will operate over 3G data, although that's yet to be confirmed by either party. We should know more soon enough, however, as the handset is apparently on track to be released before the end of the year.

Filed under: Handsets, Hutchison 3

Tags: 3, cellphone, skype, uk, voip

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MatthewJ @ Oct 12th 2007 2:10PM

I hate to say this in a completely unrelated thread...but in my humble opinion, stuff like this is exactly why the iPhone won't catch on in Europe.

I can't wait to see what they do with this, I'm already a very often user of Skype, it'd be great to have it mobile

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MatthewJ @ Oct 12th 2007 2:12PM

"Very often".....me fail English? Thats unpossible!

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