The Future that has already happened...

clipped from www.businessweek.com Technology October 18, 2007, 12:01AM EST text size: TT Skype Goes Mobile Skype's new cell phone will deliver mobile access to its service. The beleaguered carrier hopes to jump-start revenues overseas Bit by bit, big names in the computing world are barging into the cell-phone business. First came Apple's (AAPL) game-changing iPhone. Next came word that Google (GOOG) is creating its own software platform for a new breed of cell phones. Now Skype (EBAY), which popularized free and cheap phone calls over the Internet, is set to launch a customized cell phone developed jointly with 3 Mobile, a wireless carrier in Europe, Asia, and Australia.