For the first time in the United States, mobile phone users can now download a “lite” version of Skype that can be used for making calls to other Skype members and to landline and mobile phones at a low rate. Unlike Truphone, Skype lite doesn’t require Wi-Fi and instead utilizes the phone’s data plan.
Skype has [...]

The first phone with Google’s Android operating system boasts excellent ergonomics and call quality, but it’s held back by the lack of such basic features as a standard headphone jack.
At first glance, the T-Mobile G1 ($179 with a two-year contract) doesn’t seem to merit much attention. It looks like just another bland, HTC-manufactured phone. But [...]

We can look forward to at least one other Android-based mobile phone hitting the market, although not from one of the big makers.

US company Hop-On that offers the “Anti-iPhone,” and “disposable” mobiles for as low as $10, has announced it is planning a handset based on Google’s mobile operating system.
“Hop-on will be launching its new [...]