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Skype has finally released its beta mobile client for Java-enabled handsets.

The new application offers skype chat, as well as voice calls, which use your cellular network instead of VoIP, but end up much cheaper when you make international calls. Use your regular plan minutes to call abroad for just $10 per month.

To download the application, go to http://www.skype.

The newly unveiled upgrade to the Nokia 6300, the 6300i model, sports Wi-Fi connectivity, which allows it to make VoIP calls near any Wi-Fi hotspot.

However, to make and receive calls via VoIP you have to be subscribed to some service provider like VoIP provider Vonage, Packet8 or Skype.

Anyway, the phone should be available in the Q2 2008 for EUR 175 ($275).

ZyXEL announced the V660.  This device is a converged quad-band smartphone that offers VoIP calling over your Wi-Fi network.  It's powered by Microsoft Windows Mobile Edition 5.0 (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, pocket MSN and Outlook), and Push email.  ZyXEL V660 has 1.9-inch screen, 2 megapixel camera, video and MP3 player, 64MB of on-board memory, microSD slot for added storage and Skype software  for internet calls.