It's not really how Skype works on the Windows phone, but how it is billed, that will be telling. The whole benefit of Skype on the desktop -- virtually free or low-cost video conferencing and voice -- is currently rendered somewhat moot on mobile platforms by "charging" voice minutes for its use.
Now -- a Windows phone with a data-only plan that uses Skype for voice? Then you just pay for calls made to a non-Skype number? That might be something that gets people buying Nokia handsets again.
But -- we are talking Microsoft and VoIP, and that marriage has never worked. At least not the way it should. My predicition is this one won't either.
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