I can't agree with this. The basis of it all doesn't make sense: > Were Google to buy Skype ... they’d build a brilliant Skype client right into the DNA of An

I can't agree with this. The basis of it all doesn't make sense: > Were Google to buy Skype ... they’d build a brilliant Skype client right into the DNA of Android Google has had loads of opportunity to build VOIP functions into Android and has dragged their feet all the way. They already have a a voice chat service and it has no presence in Android (edit: yes, just now they released video chat, but only for a tiny percentage of phones). The latest versions have some SIP functions but it's clearly been kept obtuse enough to prevent any mass consumer take up. Google is heavily constrained by needing not to offend the carriers. The idea that they would en masse integrate something that would destroy their business models is delusional.