Skype Mobile Phone

I was watching Breakfast on the BBC this morning, waking up to the news as I usually do, and in the Business section, with Declan Curry, there was an interesting anouncement. 3, the mobile phone network, is bringing out a handset, alowing you to make free, yes, free Skype calls.

Sounds wonderful - there's gotta be a catch though. They claim they'll make their money on regular calls, but I know personally that the vast majority of people I know already use skype for their calls, and given this I wouldn't make many regular phone calls anyway..

So - time to Google it! And, the new PAYG (Pay As You Go) version of this phone costs £49.99, and £10 per month basic top ups.. Hm.. Reasonable. Maybe its only skypemobile to skypemobile? No, Skype is Skype aparantly... Ugly handset? No, seems reasonable enough..


Hm. This bears thinking on. And whats this I've found - its free on pay monthly... For only £12 a month with 100 free normal minuites.

This really does seem too good to be true, and possibly it is. But I've yet to find the catch, and if I can't in the next few days I'm very seriously considering it as a communications solution better than my current layout.

So please, if anyone finds a catch, comment and let me know!