The 3skypephone - Free Calls On The Move.

UK mobile network 3 (owned by Hutchison) hasfree calls on the move, as long as £10 is topped
recently released a new mobile phone, but not just anyup per month on Pay As You Go. The service is
mobile phone. They have teamed up with the popularcurrently only available on their own bespoke handset
IP phone company Skype (owned by eBay) to providewith a large Skype button in the centre of the phone.
mobile subscribers free phone calls.The handset, that looks a lot like the SonyEricsson
This may seem foreign to the mobile phone marketmobile phones has MP3 playing functions as well as a
where practically anything carried out on a mobilestandard 2 mega pixel camera on the back.
phone is normally chargeable from Internet browsing to3 have said that it isn't concerned with providing
text messaging. However a spokesman said: "Theavenues for free calling as it is more about building
move marks a radical step forward in operator thinkingbrand awareness as well as creating a service that
and will mobilise internet calls for a mass market. It willcustomers trust and enjoy using. It's clear that 3 are
also close the gap between internet communicationstaking this initiative to heart with the wide range of
and mobile calling and is something you won't see fromservices they now offer on schemes such as their
any other operator."X-Series which includes the popular instant messaging
The move has sparked interest from both standardclient Live Messenger by Microsoft as well as eBay
mobile phone users and the already enormous fanapplications and now this Skype integration.
base of Skype alike. The Skype network makesThe main selling point that the 3SkypePhone has is
phone calls between Skype users completely free,that it is a very cheap handset providing most of the
also offering calls to landlines for cheaper rates as wellexpected functionality of modern mobile phones but
as video calling.with this very appealing "free calls" function too.
The new phone from 3 enables Skype users to make