Early in 2009, Skype has just launched a lit version of Skype™, for mobile phones such as Blackberry etc. It helps to cut down the overseas phone cost as Skype mobile users are only charged by their mobile operator for local air time and data usage based on the type of calling service and data plan they have purchased. But many operators still blocked its calls, prohibited its customers from downloading Skype’s software or imposed fees to undermine Skype’s attraction.
So, what’s going on in 2010?
Fortunately in February, Skype has announced its partnership with Verizon from March to bring a new Skype app to Verizon's 3G service, which means the app will be more easily accessible on the fly. Besides, Skype 3G app will allow free and unlimited Skype-to-Skype calls only if your cell phone’s unlimited data package.
So how big of a deal is this Skype announcement? Let’s see Henry McCracken’s comment from PC World:
There's nothing inherently historic about Skype being available on phones -- it's on the iPhone (albeit over Wi-Fi only right now) and I first used the service on a Windows Mobile handset years ago. (Only briefly, though -- it taxed the phone to the breaking point, and voice quality was pretty miserable.) But a major carrier such as Verizon not only grudgingly permitting Skype but buddying up with it as a selling point for its phones is an interesting twist.
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