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3 Skypephone Mobile Phone Review: The future of Mobile VoIP

3 Skypephone Mobile Phone Review: The future of Mobile VoIP

19 May, 2008, by Desire Athow



Tags: Mobiles, Wireless, skype


The Skypephone made quite an impression when it first came to market at the end of October 2007 and for a single good reason.

This nifty little device, built by Chinese OEM Amoi, will allow you to call nearly 2.5 million regular Skype users in UK and an additional 250 million other Skype users worldwide.


It was the first phone which allowed you to make VoIP calls out of the box without any hacks and with the explicit approval of the service provider.

Outside the UK, the Skypephone can be used in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Italy, Ireland, Macau and Sweden through the Three Network.

Three Network, the mobile phone operator, operator throws in 4000 (yes... four thousand) Skype to Skype minutes and up to 10,000 chat messages per month when you top up £10 per month or on a contract - which starts from £12.

They do not charge you extra - as in data costs - for the VoIP calling which means that you will not see any additional items on your bill.

Unfortunately, so as not to overlap with Three's own paid-for services, Skype doesn't officially allow its recent unlimited call packages, SkypeIN, SkypeToGo or SkypeOUT although there is a hack that appears to be working on the Skypephone official forum.

Desire Athow Posted by Desire Athow on 19 May, 2008

Désiré Athow is the Content Editor of ITProPortal.com and has been writing technology articles for nearly a decade. You can follow him on Twitter.



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