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Originally Posted by Sopwith View Post
Nokia and Skype have maintained a growing and harmonious relationship in the past years, and N900 is the only mobile phone in the Universe that runs a proper Skype. After conquering the desktop, Skype are expanding to more types of devices: mobile, TVs, etc.

The only serious platform Skype has been missing from is Android, possibly because of Google's failure to acquire it when Skype was bought by eBay. It has now been announced though that Skype are developing an Android application: http://skattertech.com/2010/05/skype...int-htc-evo-4g

Like it or not, Android is the mobile platform to beat. I believe video telephony will play an important role in the battle. Video Skype on N900 is one of the most important "killer apps". The only way for Nokia to keep their edge in this regard is, IMHO, to buy Skype.
In the next few weeks (if the iphone 4G rumours are to be believed) video calling is going to take off in a big way, Skype is doing the right thing attaching itself to Android. I wouldn't like to see Skype being bought by Nokia - Nokia purchasing Skype would do little to reinvigorate their portfolio but it's management style could be the stagnation or slow death of Skype.
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