3 Mobile Launch Skypephone

3 Mobile has teamed up with Skype to offer free calls over the Internet using their new Skypephone. Skype network has, in a very short time, became very popular to make free internet calls through the handset attached to your PC and have built a large customer base that has recently encouraged the purchase by eBay. If popular, the bold move could prompt an end to the 3 pay as you talk tariffs and encourage other mobile networks into action to try and offer similar competitive offerings.

The new Skypephone from 3 has all the functionality you would expect from a modern mobile phone includes 3G, a 2-megapixel camera, mp3 player, mobile TV and internet plus the handset looks stylish and comes in either black or white with pink trim or blue. Skypephone includes 16MB of internal memory and comes with a 256MB micro SD memory card is also expandable up to 1GB. Skype button in the middle of the handset allows for quick and easy access to Skype menu where you can only make free calls or text messages to people on your friends list.

The biggest challenge for the 3 Skypephone is to encourage people who are not already signed up with Skype, Skype is not a member or friend, to buy the phone. If this hurdle can be cleared then it could create a domino effect that will encourage all other mobile phone networks to provide similar services and can make Skype a major player in the world of telecommunications. Once you sign up for Skype you can not only be able to call people using the 3 Skypephone, but also talk with your friends connected to Skype via their PC.

3 Mobile Skypephone on pay offer better as you go or monthly contract deals. PAYG deal currently costs £ 49.99 for Skypephone handset and requires you to top up your phone with £ 10 credit minimum for standard voice calls and text. Contracts ranging from £ 12 per month with a tie-in at least 18 months.

Approval of 3 Skype is also available to other compatible phones like Nokia N95 or Sony Ericsson W910i which makes the offer much more flexible and does not tie customers to a single handset. For there is no Skype 3 mobile customer is also compatible with phones running Windows Mobile operating system, plus it is possible to connect to Skype using Fring (a third-party mobile VoIP application that enables free mobile internet calls and live chat to other fringsters and PC-based services including Skype , Google Talk, ICQ, MSN Messenger and Twitter) via mobile phones with Symbian operating system.

This fantastic offer can help to encourage the reduction in mobile call prices and the possibility that other cell phone networks will keep a close eye on how the collaboration develops. Flexibility is key and by allowing customers to choose whether they make calls via Skype or via the normal network services, Skypephone great success.