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The Sky(pe) is the limit!

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In the blitz about the new Nokia N800 Internet Tablet, one thing that seems to be underplayed in my opinion is Nokia-Skype collaboration to "develop a new mobile experience." With the N800, Skype frees itself from desktops and laptops. Now Skype is mobile, like any cellphone. With Skype, the Internet Tablet acquires real phone capabilities, able to connect not just to millions of Skype users' computers but to any phone. But beyond that, you have video with your conversation. And not at the sky-high cellular carrier prices but at the opposite end of the price spectrum where VoIP and Linux and the internet in general are camped. See, for instance, Festoon, where there are Skype and Google Talk video plugins. Up to 8 callers with cameras can participate in a Skype video conference with Festoon without bankrupting themselves. Who knows? I expect Nokia-Skype will have its own video plugin by the time the collaboration comes to fruition in six months, don't you? With all the software comfortably built-in, of course. So the N800's webcam and WiFi and mobility make Skype limitless. And Skype makes the N800 a true two-way communication device, where the walkaround web meets the talk-all-day crowd. What a combo!

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