Good news for our readers across the pond today. Skype and mobile provider 3 have partnered on a handset that will allow you to make free Skype calls using your account. Bearing a striking resemblance to NETGEAR’s SPH-101 Skype WiFi phone, the phone will cost 49.99 pounds (about $102) on a pay-as-you-go plan and goes on sale Friday, November 2nd. Get this though: if you’re already a 3 customer, you can score a Skype phone for absolutely free.
Of course, you’ll be able to use the phone as a normal cellphone as well. You can text, make regular calls, etc. all without hassle. A dedicated Skype button makes it easy to make VoIP calls to your friends. It’s topped off with a 2-megapixel camera and a microSD slot. Sounds like a great phone for the price of free. Countries like Italy, Australia, Denmark, and others can expect to see the phone by the end of the year. No word on a US launch yet.
Skype and 3 launch mobile phone [Reuters]
Im not impressed with the skype phone S2 or should I say the information about it. Everywhere you look it says “make skype to skype calls anywhere in the world for free” but you cant! I live in Hungary and my husband travels all over Europe so you can imagine how much our mobile phone bills are so we thought the skype phone was the answer but no it isnt. Out of all the European countries he works in he can only skype to skype me when he is in Italy and Austria which turn out to be 2 countries he least visits – no France Germany Spain Poland Bulgaria Portugal Belguim so as far as we are concerned its been a waste of money.