@kjmackey who wrote: "The N9 will give me that, nothing else will without the need for separate applications. My needs, my use cases for my handheld device are specific (impacted by almost two years of using a highly-advanced device, the N900) - the N9 meets them."

-> concerning Skype integration you could check the Pre 3 WebOS phone.
It has integrated Skype, out of the box. It was the reason I have bought one
The Skype video chat works perfectly, also over 3G, probably thanks to the 1.4Ghz processor.
the only annoying thing with the Pre3 is that when you have multiple Skype accounts and you want to switch like on the N900, you have to delete the old Skype account and the related Skype contacts will disappear from your address book.

It is too bad that the few devices that feature this seamless level of Skype integration somehow end up to be judged not commercially viable by their creator....