9:50 AM -- No sooner had Skype Ltd. announced the "highly anticipated application, Skype for iPhone," than a major mobile operator slapped a ban on it. (See Skype Lands on iPhone.)

Within hours of Tuesday's launch by the VOIP applications specialist, T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH , which has exclusive rights to the much sought-after Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) device in Germany -- see €1 T-Mobile iPhone -- had banned its use.

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— Michelle Donegan, European Editor, Unstrung